(n.) A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War.
Example Sentences:
(1) Along the way, in the heart of the heart of Dixie – his office stands next to the Hank Williams museum – he has been a tireless advocate of the pressing need to confront racial bias at every point in the American justice system.
(2) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close Seven years later, though, there was disappointment against Dixie Dean's Everton.
(3) "If we did, we would have thought of a better name than the Dixie Chicks."
(4) This intolerance of free expression during a war is underlined by the fact that the Dixie Chicks are so resolutely American.
(5) There is no denying the quality of a side boasting a forward line of Alex Jackson, Hughie Gallacher, Alex James and Alan Morton, one that could thrash a team containing Dixie Dean, on his way to 60 league goals that season, by five goals to one.
(6) Of course, when famous goalscoring achievements are mentioned, William Ralph 'Dixie' Dean's name is usually close behind; as is the case here.
(7) At about 5pm Crystal asked Thibodeaux to go with her to the local Winn-Dixie supermarket, but he was busy mending CJ's watch.
(8) SNCC's John Lewis , representing bold young activists, wanted to make a fiery speech warning Kennedy that "We will march through the South, through the heart of Dixie, the way Sherman did.
(9) administration of riluzole (10 nmol) prevented the seizures induced by MCD, and to a lesser extent those due to DIXi, whilst leaving 4-AP seizures unaffected.
(10) Dixie Square Mall sat vacant for more than 30 years after serving as the backdrop for the iconic chase scene in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers .
(11) The urines were collected in Dixie Cups without prior preparation of the perineum and cultured on 5% sheep cell agar.
(12) @LengelDavid October 12, 2013 You ain't just whistlling Dixie.
(13) The rich get richer and the poor get Paul Pogba Peace, Bread and Landon Donovan Karl-Marx Rummenigge Dixie Deans of Production 10.14pm BST EXTRA TIME, HALF TIME: Germany 0-0 Argentina Another 15 minutes, please!
(14) ☞ The Wembley Wizards of 1928, an England team starring 60-goal Dixie Dean no match for Alex Jackson, Hughie Gallacher, Alex James, et al!
(15) Parked a few metres away from Dixy Chicken is the knowingly funky red-painted street food Box Chicken van.
(16) All this might not sound especially subversive, but it is only 10 years since the Dixie Chicks faced death threats and had to install metal detectors at their live shows because of quite restrained comments at a gig in London about George W Bush and the war in Iraq.
(17) As Glenn Stuart, front man for the tribute B Street Band, observes: "He's never been Dixie-Chicked".
(18) And any time you have got the pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.” Moore was booed, threatened and stalked for his trouble.
(19) The 25-year-old Musgraves is certainly not the first to have rebelled against these traits – the Dixie Chicks , Gretchen Wilson and Miranda Lambert have all taken stands – but her assault is particularly threatening.
(20) Soon after, the jury was told, Floorgraphics began to lose crucial contracts with key clients – Safeway, Winn-Dixie, the South Carolina retail chain Piggly Wiggly and others – many of whom defected to News America.
South
Definition:
(n.) That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east.
(n.) A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern section of a country.
(n.) Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.
(n.) The wind from the south.
(a.) Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole.
(adv.) Toward the south; southward.
(adv.) From the south; as, the wind blows south.
(v. i.) To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
(v. i.) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two of the largest markets are Germany and South Korea, often held up as shining examples of export-led economies.
(2) Theophylline kinetics, as an in vivo probe for the potentially toxic cytochrome P-450I pathway of drug metabolism, were studied in 11 healthy volunteers and 11 patients with calcific chronic pancreatitis at Madras, South India.
(3) A study of factors influencing genetic counseling attendance rate has been conducted in the Bouches-du-Rhône area, in the south of France.
(4) It is the oldest medical journal in South America and the second in antiquity published in Spanish, after the Gaceta de México.
(5) Twelve patients with South American mococutaneous leishmaniasis who attended the Hospital Amazonico in Peru between February and September 1974 were treated with amphotericin B.
(6) 2.35pm: West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has admitted that a deal to land Miroslav Klose is unlikely to go through following the striker's star performances in South Africa.
(7) Gallic wine sales in the UK have been tumbling for the past 20 years, but the news that France, once the largest exporter to these shores, has slipped behind Australia, the United States, Italy and now South Africa will have producers gnawing their knuckles in frustration.
(8) A full-scale war is unlikely but there is clear concern in Seoul about the more realistic threat of a small-scale attack on the South Korean military or a group of islands near the countries' disputed maritime border in the Yellow Sea.
(9) An official inquiry into the Rotherham abuse scandal blamed failings by Rotherham council and South Yorkshire police.
(10) The cause has been innumerable "VIP movements", as journeys undertaken by those considered important enough for all other traffic to be held up, sometimes for hours, are described in South Asian bureaucratic speak.
(11) In South Africa, health risks associated with exposure to toxic waste sites need to be viewed in the context of current community health concerns, competing causes of disease and ill-health, and the relative lack of knowledge about environmental contamination and associated health effects.
(12) Why is it so surprising to people that a boy like Chol, just out of conflict, has thought through the needs of his country in such a detailed way?” While Beah’s zeal is laudable, the situation in South Sudan is dire .
(13) Although the FP approaches have been different in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, the programs have successfully made services available.
(14) Many Cornish people believe the far south-west of England is a nation apart from the rest of Britain.
(15) In October, an episode of South Park saw the whole town go gluten-free (the stuff, it was discovered, made one’s penis fly off).
(16) Rather than an off-plan Oxshott monster-mansion, he moved his family to an elegant Eaton Terrace townhouse in south-west London.
(17) Initial proceedings in Carl Pistorius' trial had focused on a request by South Africa's national broadcaster, SABC, to show the trial proceedings live on national television or record them for later use.
(18) Recommendations have been made regarding the development of this specialisation in the South African health care setting.
(19) Remember, if he did seize group power and dispose of the Independent , he'd still be boss of the rest of INM: 200 or so papers and magazines around the world, dominant voices in Australasia, South Africa, India and Ireland itself, 100 million readers a week.
(20) Recent reports from local health centres in South Kivu claim that an estimated 40 women continue to experience sexual violence every day.