Did vs Dido - What's the difference?
did | dido |
(slang, regional) A fuss, a row.
*1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 30:
*:I remember Raymond telling me years later how when he lived at home, if his mother heard he had been seen as much as talking to a girl, she would kick up a dido .
A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.
*1838 , Joseph Clay Neal, Charcoal Sketches; Or, Scenes in a Metropolis ,
*:Young people," interposed a passing official, " if you keep a cutting didoes , I must talk to you both like a Dutch uncle.
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As a verb did
is simple past of do.As a noun dido is
a fuss, a row.As an adverb dido is
misspelling of lang=en.As a proper noun Dido is
founder and first Queen of Carthage.did
Translingual
Alternative forms
* (roman numeral) DID, CMXCIX, cmxcix (DID)See also
* Previous: diid (nine hundred and ninety-eight, ) * Next: dd (one thousand, ) ----dido
English
Etymology 1
Origin unknown. The "trick" sense might come from the trick of Dido, queen of Carthage, who, having bought as much land as a hide would cover, is said to have cut it into thin strips long enough to enclose a spot for a citadel.Noun
(didoes)- to cut a dido
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