Dixie
pronunciation
How to pronounce Dixie in British English:
UK [ˈdɪksi]
How to pronounce Dixie in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- a large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military camps
Word Origin
- Dixie (n.)
- 1859, first attested in the song of that name, which was popularized, if not written, by Ohio-born U.S. minstrel musician and songwriter Dan Emmett (1815-1904); perhaps a reference to the Mason-Dixon Line, but there are other well-publicized theories dating back to the Civil War. Popularized nationwide in minstrel shows. Dixieland style of jazz developed in New Orleans c. 1910, so called from 1919.
Example
- 1. Antique 1936 cook books fine old dixie recipes dutch .
- 2. Mills and her grandmother bonnie , 71 , can 't locate a relative , dixie kenny .
- 3. Do you think dixie was home ?
- 4. Well , I think the dixie chicks would like you to know that I just got promoted .
- 5. But he first performed it in new york city in 1859 , with the title " I wish I was in dixie 's land . "