Definitions
a large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military camps
Word origin
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).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Southern nickname”5 letters
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