"take a Dixie"

[Sam Clements]

As a side note--Allison Estes was born and raised in Mississippi.

samclem
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Subject: Re: "take a Dixie"


> One meaning of "took a dixie" in 1997 is "took a fall (from a horse or
> pony)".
>
> Cite: 1997, Victory Ride: Volume 8 of Short Stirrup Club by Allison
> Estes, Pocket Books. (Google Books snippet view, Data may be
> inaccurate)
>
> Page 31
> "Well, you took a big dixie, didn't you?" Perry pointed at Amanda,
> still enjoying the episode.
>
> Page 32
> "What is a 'dixie'?" Amanda said disdainfully, as if the word somehow
> tasted bad.
> "What's a dixie?" Perry began laughing all over again. "It's when you
> fall. You fell right down off ...
>
> Page 100
> "Well. Just look who took a 'dixie,' Amanda said with a smug smile.
> It wasn't very nice, but nobody could blame Amanda, after the way
> Perry had ...
>
> http://books.google.com/books?id=WuH5jVLIBXcC&q=dixie#search_anchor
>
> This agrees in part with what Larry Horn found at WikiAnswers.
>
>
> Google Answers has a question in 2003 that suggests two meanings:
> "took a dixie" meaning a "fall" or "disappearance", as in "taking a
> powder"
>
> Subject: Origin of expression
> Category: Miscellaneous
> Asked by: tgfoley-ga
> List Price: $3.00       Posted: 17 Jan 2003 09:32 PST
> Expires: 16 Feb 2003 09:32 PST
> Question ID: 144774
>
> I believe the origin of the word "Dixie" is "dix" in French, referring to
> a ten franc note in Louisiana, but I'm interested in the origin of the
> expression "took a dixie" meaning a "fall" or "disappearance", as in
> "taking a powder"
>
> http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=144774
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
>> wrote:
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>>> "I'll see you in a bit. I have to take a Dixie."
>>
>> Larry, you are a caution!
>>
>> --
>> -Wilson
>> –––
>> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
>> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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