subs. (American).—Pranks; tricks; fantastic proceedings.—See CUT DIDOES, and CUT CAPERS.
1835. HALIBURTON (‘Sam Slick’), The Clockmaker, 1 S., ch. xvii. I met a man this mornin’ … frum Halifax, a real conceited lookin’ critter as you e’enamost ever seed, all shines and DIDOES.
1851. New York Tribune, 10 April. Had the Free States been manly enough, true enough, to enact the Wilmot Proviso as to all present or future territories of the Union, we should have had just the same DIDOES CUT UP by the chivalry that we have witnessed, and with no more damage to the Union.
