Meaning of Dixie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The southern United States, especially the former Confederate States; the South.
   US, informal
2. A large iron pot, used in the army.
3. The southwestern corner of Utah.
   US, informal
4. A female given name transferred from the place name.
   US
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. A populated place in Maricopa County, Arizona.
7. A census-designated place in Brooks County, Georgia.
8. An unincorporated community in Newton County, Georgia.
9. An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Idaho.
10. An unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho.
11. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Indiana.
12. An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Kentucky.
13. An unincorporated community in Whitley County, Kentucky.
14. An unincorporated community in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
15. An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
16. An unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon.
17. A historical community in Grant County, Oregon.
18. A historical community in Washington County, Oregon.
19. An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia.
20. An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.
21. A census-designated place in Walla Walla County, Washington.
22. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia.
23. A census-designated place in Fayette County and Nicholas County, West Virginia.
24. A neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
25. A rural locality in the Shire of Cook, northern Queensland, Australia.
26. A locality in the Shire of Corangamite, south western Victoria, Australia.

Equivalents

Examples

“four men generally like to mess together, and one cooking pot among them takes the place of a mess-tin or "dixie"”

“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.”

“And what those ‘dixies’ of hot tea signified no one knows who wasn't there to wait for them.”

“Army rum is potent stuff, especially when the supplies of tea and water have run out, and one drinks it neat out of a dixie.”

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