dixie
a large iron pot, especially a 12-gallon camp kettle used by the British Army.
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Also called Dixieland, Dixie Land. the southern states of the United States, especially those that were formerly part of the Confederacy.
(italics) any of several songs with this name, especially the minstrel song (1859) by D. D. Emmett, popular as a Confederate war song.
a female given name.
of, from, or characteristic of the southern states of the United States.
Origin of Dixie
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How to use dixie in a sentence
The brand was designed in collaboration with influencers dixie and Charli D’Amelio, sisters who have a combined TikTok following of more than 170 million on the short-form video-sharing platform, making it an obvious venue for the debut.
I had walked several hundred miles of the Appalachian Trail in 2019 the first time someone asked me just how many dixie videos I’d seen.
You Don’t Need to Watch Hiking Videos to Hike | Grayson Haver Currin | June 15, 2021 | Outside OnlineThen he started singing “dixie,” the anthem of the Old South.
Memphis is digging up the remains of a Confederate general who led the early KKK | Brittany Shammas | June 3, 2021 | Washington PostHe also wrote Playing to Win about how he got involved in dixie’s softball league and the family’s experience with travel sports teams.
Michael Lewis Says His Heart Is Broken After 19-Year-Old Daughter Killed in Car Crash | Jamie Ross | May 28, 2021 | The Daily BeastDuring his freshman year of college, Hogue realized that the Confederate anthem “dixie” was played before home and away games.
Ronnie Hogue, who broke barriers at University of Georgia, dies of covid-19 | Amber Ferguson | December 10, 2020 | Washington Post
Hell, one of the dixie Chicks even offered to Uber her balls over to the company.
Sony: Hollywood’s Most Subversive Studio Under Attack | Marlow Stern | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMy 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.
Arkansas’s Blue Collar Social Conservatives Don’t Know What’s Coming | Monica Potts | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI 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.
That Old-Time Child, Roberta | Sophie Fox SeaWe almost felt like having that bright little ditty 'In dixie's Land' served up to us, we all felt so jubilant.
The Blue and The Gray | A. R. WhiteWhen, however, the music glided into the exhilarating notes of "dixie" I joined in the cheering that mingled with the strain.
Reminiscences of a Rebel | Wayland Fuller DunawayThe dixie magneto, shown at Fig. 66, operates on a different principle than the rotary armature type.
Aviation Engines | Victor Wilfred PagThe death of Mr. Strahm occurred February 11, 1895, at which time his remains were interred in the dixie cemetery.
Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2) | William Denison Lyman
British Dictionary definitions for dixie (1 of 3)
/ (ˈdɪksɪ) /
mainly military a large metal pot for cooking, brewing tea, etc
a mess tin
Origin of dixie
1British Dictionary definitions for dixie (2 of 3)
/ (ˈdɪksɪ) /
Northern English dialect a lookout
British Dictionary definitions for Dixie (3 of 3)
/ (ˈdɪksɪ) /
Also called: Dixieland the southern states of the US; the states that joined the Confederacy during the Civil War
a song adopted as a marching tune by the Confederate states during the American Civil War
of, relating to, or characteristic of the southern states of the US
Origin of Dixie
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Cultural definitions for “Dixie”
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.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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