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1) "Dixie" -- As to dixie chicks Dix·ie
Pronunciation: 'dik-sE
Function: trademark
-- used for a paper cup Pronunciation Symbols
Ten Dollar Note from Banque Des Citoyens of Louisiana, 1860 Dixie is a nickname for the Southern United States. - 1 Origin of Dixie
- 2 I Wish I Was in Dixie
- 3 Business
- 4 See also
- 5 External links
| According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the origins of this nickname remain obscure. According to A Dictionary of Americanisms on Historical Principles (1951), by Mitford M. Mathews, three theories most commonly attempt to explain the term: - The word "Dixie" refers to a privately issued currency from banks in Louisiana[1]. These banks issued ten-dollar notes, labeled "Dix" (French for "ten") on the reverse side. These notes are now highly sought-after for their numismatic value. The notes were known as "Dixies" by English-speaking southerners, and the area around New Orleans and the Cajun-speaking parts of Louisiana came to be known as "Dixieland". Eventually, usage of the term broadened to refer to most of the Southern States.
- The word preserves the name of a kind slave owner on Manhattan Island, a Mr. Dixy. (Slavery was legal in New York until 1827.) His rule was so kindly that "Dixy's Land" became famed far and wide as an Elysium abounding in material comforts.
- "Dixie" derives somehow from Jeremiah Dixon of the Mason-Dixon line defining the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania (the northern boundary of Dixie).
The Mason-Dixon theory is the most popularly known, but few lexicographers give it much weight. - Main article: "Dixie (song)"
"I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land" Sheet music "I Wish I Was in Dixie" is a popular song about the South. It was written by composer Daniel Emmett, a N..."
2) "Chicks" -- As to dixie chicks chick
Pronunciation: 'chik
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English chyke, alteration of chiken
1 a : a domestic chicken; especially : one newly hatched b : the young of any bird
2 : CHILD
3 slang : GIRL, WOMAN Pronunciation Symbols
A baby chicken Chick may refer to one of these topics: - A young bird (originally a dialectal form of chicken)
- Slang for young attractive woman (the expression may be seen as derogatory)
In falconry, chick may mean:- - A day-old cockerel
- A young bird of prey at the fluffy downy stage
Chick could also be a reference to one of the following: - Harriette Chick (1875–1977), a British nutritionist
- Jack Chick (born 1924), who runs Chick Publications
- Chick Hearn (1916-2002), an American sportscaster
- Chick Corea (1941-present), an American jazz pianist
- Chick Webb (1905-1939), Jazz drummer and band leader
- Chick Publications itself
- Chick - A clothing line by Nicky Hilton
- Chick Young, a Scottish football journalist
Chick appears in these other article titles, but would not by itself ever be a reference to these topics: - Chick flick, slang for a movie made for, or appealing primarily to, women
- Chick lit, a contemporary genre of literature
- Chick pea, an edible pulse (Legume)
- Dixie Chicks, a country music group
- The Hot Chick, a 2002 comedy film starring Rob Schneider
- Joey Tribbiani, whose pet is called chick throughout the series Friends
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