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dido
/ˈdaɪdəʊ/
noun 3adv 1name 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, joyous
VERB + DIDO
abate, built, head, kick, sate
DIDO + NOUN
sidonian, sword
PREP.
than, up, upon, with
ADV.
such
Definitions
noun
1
A fuss, a row.
… she always had strong physical attraction for me … that time I kissed her … one reason I’ve steered clear since … take no chances on emotional didos …
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.
2
A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.
Young people," interposed a passing official, "if you keep a cutting didoes, I must talk to you both like a Dutch uncle.
Our youngest uncle, Billy, was not old enough to join in their didoes. One of their more flamboyant escapades has become a proud family legend.
adv
1
Misspelling of ditto.
name
1
and (Roman mythology) Legendary founder and first queen of Carthage.
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… she always had strong physical attraction for me … that time I kissed her … one reason I’ve steered clear since … take no chances on emotional didos …
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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.
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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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Carthage was built by Dido.
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The Tyrians, yielding to the god, abate / their fierceness. Dido, more than all the rest, / warms to her Phrygian friends, and wears a kindly breast.
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"Queen Dido rules the land, who came from Tyre afar, / flying her brother. Dark the tale of crime, / and long, but briefly be the sum supplied."
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