Doughboy
Regional
- Meaning
- Rhode Island fried dough disc dusted with powdered sugar, sold at beach stands.
- Type
- Regionalism
- Used in
- Rhode Island
What does “Doughboy” mean
A pillow of yeasted dough deep-fried and tossed in powdered sugar, a staple at Rhode Island clam shacks and shoreline stands like Iggy's. Calling it a funnel cake or just 'fried dough' marks you instantly as not from Rhode Island; it is and always will be a doughboy.
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