1. Plural of dowdy; women or girls who dress unfashionably or without style.
Usage: informal; often mildly derogatory
2. Plural of dowdy; a type of baked apple dessert (also called apple dowdy).
Usage: regional; culinary

Examples

• The fashion magazine criticized the dowdies in the audience for their lack of style.
• She refused to be grouped with the dowdies at school and invested in a new wardrobe.
• Grandmother's recipe for apple dowdies was a family favorite at Thanksgiving.
• The dowdies served at the bakery were warm and delicious with vanilla ice cream.
• Not all of them were dowdies—some had impeccable taste in clothing.