dixy
Americannoun
plural
dixiesExample Sentences
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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)
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
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
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
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