Dowdy or dowdy means frumpy or unfashionable--
I want to go to the store so that I can exchange this dowdy blouse.
Does this dress look dowdy?
Doughty or doughty ( nearly rhymes with dowdy ) means brave or plucky--
She enjoyed reading the adventures of the doughty girl detective.
The doughty old woman never lost her nerve during a crisis.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"He recognized the doughty woman by the dowdy coat she always wore."
Note--"pandowdy" is a kind of fruit cobbler--
We are having apple pandowdy for dessert.
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