The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dowdies
Dowdy \Dow"dy\, n.; pl. Dowdies.
An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman.
--Shak.
Dryden.
Usage examples of "dowdies".
Bored by the reproaches and the homilies of what she called a parcel of old dowdies, Tiffany took an instant fancy to the new teacher, who was only eight years older than herself, and in whose clear gray eyes she was swift to detect a twinkle.
It is expensive, and all the dowdies and dowagers of the ton engage accommodation there from year to year.