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Definition: TO CUT A DIDO |
TO CUT A DIDO1. 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. |
Crosswords: TO CUT A DIDO |
| Specialty definitions using "TO CUT A DIDO": Hair devoted to Proserpine. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-i-o-o-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: autocoid. | |
-4 letters: addict, adduct, dacoit, didact, outact, outadd, outdid. | |
-5 letters: attic, audio, audit, coati, cotta, datto, dicot, dicta, ditto, ducat, octad, ootid, outdo, tacit. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-d-i-o-o-t-t-u" | |
+5 letters: photoduplicated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F 43 55 54 41 44 49 44 4F |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01000011 01010101 01010100 00100000 01000001 00100000 01000100 01001001 01000100 01001111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   C U T   A   D I D O |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F 0043 0055 0054 0041 0044 0049 0044 004F |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54492375554235238433849 |
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