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dixie

1

[ dik-see ]

noun

, Indian English.
  1. a large iron pot, especially a 12-gallon camp kettle used by the British Army.


Dixie

2

[ dik-see ]

noun

  1. Also called Dixieland, the southern states of the United States, especially those that were formerly part of the Confederacy.
  2. (italics) any of several songs with this name, especially the minstrel song (1859) by D. D. Emmett, popular as a Confederate war song.
  3. a female given name.

adjective

  1. of, from, or characteristic of the southern states of the United States.

dixie

1

/ ˈdɪksɪ /

noun

  1. dialect.
    a lookout


dixie

2

/ ˈdɪksɪ /

noun

  1. military a large metal pot for cooking, brewing tea, etc
  2. a mess tin

Dixie

3

/ ˈdɪksɪ /

noun

  1. Also calledDixieland the southern states of the US; the states that joined the Confederacy during the Civil War
  2. a song adopted as a marching tune by the Confederate states during the American Civil War

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the southern states of the US

“Dixie”

  1. An American song of the nineteenth century. It was used to build enthusiasm for the South during the Civil War and still is treated this way in the southern states. It was written for use in the theater by a northerner, Daniel Decatur Emmett. As usually sung today, “Dixie” begins:

    I wish I was in the land of cotton;

    Old times there are not forgotten:

    Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of dixie1

1895–1900; < Hindi dēgcī, diminutive of dēgcā pot

Origin of dixie2

1855–60, Americanism; often said to be (Mason-)Dix(on line) + -ie

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dixie1

C19: from Hindi degcī, diminutive of degcā pot

Origin of dixie2

C19: perhaps from the nickname of New Orleans, from dixie a ten-dollar bill printed there, from French dix ten

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. whistle Dixie, to indulge in unrealistically optimistic fantasies.

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Example Sentences

Hell, one of the Dixie Chicks even offered to Uber her balls over to the company.

My friend the political scientist Tom Schaller said all this back in 2008, in his book Whistling Past Dixie.

But Florida is kind of an outlier, because culturally, only the northern half of Florida is Dixie.

It had been a last holdout state in old Dixie that still elected some Democrats to its top offices.

I mean, there can be little doubt that public opinion in Dixie in 1954 opposed the integration of the schools.

She remembered so well the morning he rode off on his prancing horse, with the bands playing Dixie.

We almost felt like having that bright little ditty 'In Dixie's Land' served up to us, we all felt so jubilant.

When, however, the music glided into the exhilarating notes of "Dixie" I joined in the cheering that mingled with the strain.

The Dixie magneto, shown at Fig. 66, operates on a different principle than the rotary armature type.

The death of Mr. Strahm occurred February 11, 1895, at which time his remains were interred in the Dixie cemetery.

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