GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Dido , n.; pl. Didos . A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.
   1913 Webster
   To cut a dido, to play a trick; to cut a caper; -- perhaps so called from the trick of Dido, who having bought so much land as a hide would cover, is said to have cut it into thin strips long enough to inclose a spot for a citadel.
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