dido

Dido
    n 1: (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder
         and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she
         was abandoned by Aeneas
    

Dido \Di"do\, n.; pl. {Didos}.
   A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.
   [1913 Webster]

   {To cut a dido}, to play a trick; to cut a caper; -- perhaps
      so called from the trick of Dido, who having bought so
      much land as a hide would cover, is said to have cut it
      into thin strips long enough to inclose a spot for a
      citadel.
      [1913 Webster]
    

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "dido":
      antic, bauble, bibelot, caper, curio, frolic, gewgaw, gimcrack,
      lark, monkeyshine, shenanigan, shines, tomfoolery, toy, trick,
      trifle, trinket, whatnot