Possible Clues:

• Dough may be required by the sound of it
• Worked with clay, in a way
• Worked, as clay
• Worked into dough with the hands
• Massaged, as bread dough
• Like tired muscles at a massage parlor
• Worked before baking
• Exerted pressure, as a cat would with its paws
• Worked in a bakery?
• Made some dough