/dówbohyz/, dobies /dówbiz/, doughs /dowz/ [cf. Krio dombay (Mende domba,dombei ditto, Vai dumbai cassava balls), ...a dish of boiled mashed cassava or coco-yam KED all probably from OED dough-boy naut. and colonial: a boiled flour dumpling; nautical: suet dumplings boiled in sea water...a corruption of dough balls (Smyth)]
n. dumplings: 1966 I need some doughboy to eat tonight (Crowley 95). 1977 dumplings, or doughs (Albury 18). Coconut dobies (San Sal.) (Gen.)