didoes

didoes . . . a couple of my sisters were having their usual quarrel. They were there shooting off their mouth to one another. My mother who was observing the quarell said to me "They're cutting the didoes again." She said this an expression used to refer to a fuss or quarrel. It is th...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21839
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Summary:didoes . . . a couple of my sisters were having their usual quarrel. They were there shooting off their mouth to one another. My mother who was observing the quarell said to me "They're cutting the didoes again." She said this an expression used to refer to a fuss or quarrel. It is the only time that I heard it and is rarely used in the community today. JH 8/71 not used Not used Withdrawn