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Didos

Dido \Di"do\, n.; pl. Didos. A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.

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] ||

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Children are the worst, but even adults get up to didos if you let them.

Suppose the girl of your dreams was being chased after by a bunch of young bucks who could cut didos on the ice.