Dog vs Dido - What's the difference?
dog | dido |
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(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 nouns the difference between dog and dido
is that dog is a mammal, Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding while dido is a fuss, a row.As an acronym DOG
is digital on-screen graphic.As a verb dog
is to pursue with the intent to catch.As an adverb dido is
misspelling of lang=en.As a proper noun Dido is
founder and first Queen of Carthage.dog
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Acronym
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*dido
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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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