Dixie Cup

Trademark.

1. a brand of disposable paper cup, as for beverages.

noun

1. Navy Slang.,  a round, white, brimmed hat worn by U.S. sailors.

Example Sentences

They first put the Dixie cup hat atop the monument before the climb in 1962.

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The longest was more than four hours in 1995, a year when upperclassmen glued down the Dixie cup.

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After building their own human pyramid, the plebes will attempt to replace a sailor’s “dixie cup” hat with an upperclassman’s hat.

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“My default bourbon is Woodford Reserve,” the Kentucky congressman said, pouring himself a Dixie cup full of whiskey during a 2:30 p.m. interview in his Capitol Hill office.

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Robert Woods caught a meaningless touchdown pass with little more than a minute remaining and didn’t hide his disgust, discarding the ball as if tossing away a crumpled Dixie cup.

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