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Dando

Dando proper noun: a surname from Norman.

Proper noun

Dando (plural Dandos)

  1. A surname from Norman.

Noun

Dando (plural Dandos)

  1. (UK, archaic, slang) A voracious eater.
    • It is plaguily annoying to want a dinner, and have the appetite of a Dando — to be asked for a large debt, when your pockets cannot conceal a solitary shilling […]1844, James MacGauran, Walter Clayton: A tale of the Gordon Riots, page 2
    • […] have we not made out our case that a Master requires the propensities of Bacchus, with the appetite of a Dando […]1904, Robert Smith Surtees, The Analysis of the Hunting Field, page 9

Forms of Dando

Proper noun
pluralDandos
alternative formDendle
Noun
pluralDandos

Origin of Dando

English habitational surname of Norman origin, from one of the two villages named Aunou, in France.

Hotten explains this as the name of a man once famed for devouring large portions of oysters etc. at restaurants and then admitting he had no money.

Words formed from Dando

Questions about Dando

What does Dando mean?
Dando means a surname from Norman.
What part of speech is Dando?
Dando can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Dando in the dictionary

  1. dandler
  2. dandlers
  3. dandles
  4. dandling
  5. dandlings
  6. Dando
  7. Dandong
  8. Dandongadale
  9. Dandos
  10. Dandrea
  11. Dandreas

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