"dido" meaning in English

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        "(slang, regional) A fuss, a row."
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          "text": "Young people,\" interposed a passing official, \"if you keep a cutting didoes, I must talk to you both like a Dutch uncle.",
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          "ref": "1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 10, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 55:",
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        "A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper."
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      "ipa": "/ˈdaɪdəʊ/"
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