Dido /(?)/

Di·do

Dido

n.

pl. Didos

  1. A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.

Phrases & Compounds
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.