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Dixie

noun

The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861. Synonyms: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixieland, South.

A large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military camps.

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"Dixie" Quotes from Famous Books

... leave this city, these men I refer to is men of good morals and would prove a credit to the community. If you can furnish me with the desired information it will be gladly received, it makes little or no difference as to what state they can go to just so they cross the Mason and Dixie line, trusting you will furnish me with any information you have at hand at an early ...

— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 • Various

... "In Dixie, Way down in Dixie, Where the hens are dog-gone glad to lay Scrambled ...

— Miscellany of Poetry - 1919 • Various

... "glory" is pronounced the organist at once strikes the chords of some war-music like "Dixie," "Marseilles Hymn," etc. After a few bars are played with full organ, the organist lets the music die away to a soft and gentle tremolo, and the ...

— Masonic Monitor of the Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason • George Thornburgh

... arrived in the line than the cook of the first gun crew we struck brought out a "dixie" of tea and an unlimited supply of bread and butter and jam and invited us to fill up. ("Dixie" is the soldier's name for the camp kettle used in the British army.) Now if you have been paying attention to the story of our movements since leaving England, ...

— The Emma Gees • Herbert Wes McBride

... in de fields of cotton, Cinnamon seed and sandy bottom, Look away, look away, Look away, look away. Den I wish I was in Dixie's Land, Oh, oh! oh, oh! In Dixie's Land I'll take my stand, And live and die in Dixie's Land. Away, away, away. Away down South ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

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