dixie
/ˈdɪk.si/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.37 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A number of places in the United States:
name
A number of places in the United States:
name
A number of places in the United States:
name
A number of places in the United States:
name
A number of places in the United States:
Example Sentences
- "The American Blacks' bias against gays is due to our forced socialization into Dixie Christian culture during slavery."
- "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."
Etymology
First attested in 1859. Unknown, but may come from the Mason-Dixon line, the boundary between the northern states and the southern states, or from the slang term dixie for a Louisiana $10 bill (equivalent to English tenner), in turn from French dix (ten).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: देगची, دیگچه
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈdɪk.si/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Places.