Dando
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English
Etymology 1
English habitational surname of Norman origin, from one of the two villages named Aunou, in France.
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Proper noun
Dando (plural Dandos)
- A surname from Norman.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dando is the 36838th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 606 individuals. Dando is most common among White (90.76%) individuals.
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.
Noun
Dando (plural Dandos)
- (UK, slang, archaic) A voracious eater.
- 1844, James MacGauran, Walter Clayton: A tale of the Gordon Riots, page 2:
- 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 […]
- 1904, Robert Smith Surtees, The Analysis of the Hunting Field, page 9:
- […] have we not made out our case that a Master requires the propensities of Bacchus, with the appetite of a Dando […]
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dando”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 408.
References
- (voracious eater): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary