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Dando¹

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Dandos · Dendle

  1. A surname from Norman.

Dando²

Where it comes from

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.

noun Dandos

  1. UK, archaic, slang A voracious eater. 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 […]

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"Dando." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dando. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Dando. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dando

Chicago

"Dando." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dando.

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@misc{dando_2026,
  title = {Dando},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dando},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}