dido

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Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, cut a dainty diplomatic dido by feeding a hungry naturalized Briton�"Flag," the fawn star of The Yearling, which had been presented to a London zoo.

From Time Magazine Archive

Three times that night she woke in the bed with her curl-papers crackling for very fright; and the fourth time 'twas at the sound of a real dido below stairs.

From News from the Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

I shouldn't have cut such an everlasting dido if he hadn't been monkeying around.

From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Henham, Ernest G.

"If the brute had cut up such a dido under your bed, you would have been as 'turnal sceared as I was."

From Life in the Clearings versus the Bush by Moodie, Susanna

When I seed him hangin' there I cut a dido and kep' screamin', 'Miss Gusta, he's a-dyin',' and them Fed'rals got plumb tickled at me.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration