01 prop. n. A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War.
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1.
A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War.[U.S.]
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2.
a song popular in the Confederate states during the American Civil War, and still played as a nostalgic anthem by those patriotic to the American south. It was written by Daniel D. Emmett in 1859.
Phrases & compounds
whistle Dixie —
to talk unrealistically; to engage in unrealistic or overoptimistic fantasies; as, that ain't just whistlin' Dixie.
Syn.
Dixieland, Dixie Land, the Confederacy, Confederate States of America, the South.