Dando
name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A voracious eater. UK, archaic, slang
"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 […]"
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Norman.
Example
More examples"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 […]"
Etymology
Etymology 1
English habitational surname of Norman origin, from one of the two villages named Aunou, in France.
Etymology 2
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.
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