Dando

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proper noun

A surname from Norman.

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Meanings

Dando1

proper nounDando (plural Dandos)

plural Dandos · alternative Dendle

  1. A surname from Norman.

Dando2

nounDando (plural Dandos)

plural Dandos

  1. UKarchaicslangA voracious eater.

    […] 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
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    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

Origin

Dando · proper noun

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

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Dando · noun

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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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Dando. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dando

MLA

“Dando.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dando. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dando,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dando.

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