dido

To play a mischievous trick. The name possibly refers to Queen Dido, founder of Carthage, who asked the natives for as much land as could be covered by a bull's hide. She then cut the hide into thin strips to gain more land. Billy cut a dido today when he pulled my chair out from under me when I went to sit down. It turns out that the supposed alien visitors that people had been seeing were just a bunch of teenagers cutting a dido. If these kids are gonna call and cut a dido, I wish they would at least come up with something original. Asking about "Prince Albert in a can" is, like, the oldest trick in the book.