3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Dido \Di"do\, 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: Dido n : (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 18 Moby Thesaurus words for "dido": antic, bauble, bibelot, caper, curio, frolic, gewgaw, gimcrack, lark, monkeyshine, shenanigan, shines, tomfoolery, toy, trick, trifle, trinket, whatnot
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