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dixie1|ˈdɪksɪ|
Also dechsie, dixey, dixy.
[Hind. degchi, -cha, a. Hindi degachī, -chā, Punjabi dekachī, degāchī, -chā, ad. Pers. degcha, dim. of deg, dīg iron pot, kettle, cauldron.]
An iron kettle or pot, used by soldiers for making tea or stew.
[1879Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Ind. Househ. Managem. 40 Six dechsies and covers. Ibid. 45 A few dechsies (copper pots).] 1900Westm. Gaz. 29 Mar. 8/1 On halting at Klip Drift we immediately got down our dizies [sic] and made tea for all. 1900Daily News 10 July 3/2 The ‘billy’ is what Tommy calls a ‘dixie’. 1901Westm. Gaz. 26 June 8/1 With much difficulty water was procured from a spruit over a mile away, and the ‘dixey’ boiled. 1916H. G. Wells Mr. Britling ii. iv. §14 They shelled us again next day and our tea dixy was hit. 1916Anzac Bk. 41/2 Tea made in the stew dixie, and tasting more of dixie and stew than of tea. 1942C. Barrett On Wallaby iv. 71, I returned with..a dixie much the worse for wear. |