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

We'll go there together, Dave, and cut a dido.'

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

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

That would be a pretty dido, I must say!

From The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna or, The Crew That Won by Morrison, Gertrude W.