Definitions for Dixie

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Dixie dix·ie

Spelling: [dik-see]

IPA: /ˈdɪk si/

Dixie is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 22 anagrams from letters in Dixie (deiix).

Definitions for Dixie

noun

1. a large iron pot, especially a 12-gallon camp kettle used by the British Army.
2. Also called Dixieland, Dixie Land. the southern states of the United States, especially those that were formerly part of the Confederacy.
3. (italics) any of several songs with this name, especially the minstrel song (1859) by D. D. Emmett, popular as a Confederate war song.
4. a female given name.

Idioms

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

adjective

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

Origin of Dixie

1895-1900; Hindi dēgcī, diminutive of dēgcā pot

Examples for Dixie

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

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

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

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

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

About this time several persons were claiming the song "dixie."

To-night, in one tent, a dozen or more are singing "dixie" at the top of their voices.

Why should dixie choose this time of all others to refuse to come when she called to her?

"dixie" is the soldier's name for the camp kettle used in the British army.

I told her if you could neglect Sue for dixie your love wasn't worth a rap.