dixy

American  

[dik-see] / ˈdɪk si /

noun

Indian English.

• dixies
  plural

1. dixie.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dixies
  plural

Example Sentences

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dixy dixies

Not even when Jim looked it up in the dixy and asked for noix à pâté.

From Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life by Reed, Talbot Baines

P.S.—By the way, see what your French dixy says for doughnut, and let me know by return.

From Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life by Reed, Talbot Baines

They shelled us again next day and our tea dixy was hit; so that we didn't get any tea....

From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

We had both clean forgotten the French for milk, and we’d left the dixy at the inn.

From Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life by Reed, Talbot Baines

Immediately upon arrival the horses were off-saddled and fed, the "dixies" were unearthed from off the pack-saddles and everything pointed to an early mug of tea and a much-needed rest.

From Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron by Unknown

However, when our cooks came out with "dixies" full of steaming tea, with bread and marmalade sandwiches, they soon became reconciled.

From The Emma Gees by McBride, Herbert Wes

A little later dozens of fires would be crackling in the trenches, with dixies upon them full of stew or tea.

From With Manchesters in the East by Hurst, Gerald B. (Gerald Berkeley), Sir

The dixies were then taken forward and the meal served out in equal shares according to the numbers to be provided for.

From The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Collett, Herbert Brayley

Then from the communication trenches came dixies or iron pots, filled with steaming tea, which had two wooden stakes through their handles, and were carried by two men.

From Over the Top by Empey, Arthur Guy