Dixie cup
See also: Dixie Cup and dixie cup
English
Alternative forms
- Dixie Cup, dixie cup
Etymology
Originally a brand name, first used in 1919, after a line of dolls made by Alfred Schindler's Dixie Doll Company in New York.
Noun
Dixie cup (plural Dixie cups)
- (Canada, US) A disposable paper cup, sometimes waxed, especially used for individual servings of iced desserts.
- 2010, Carol D. Levine, Panic Child: A Harrowing True Story of Sexual Abuse, →ISBN, page 55:
- One day I was looking at a little girl eating a Dixie cup of strawberry ice cream.
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Usage notes
- The most common form is Dixie cup; Dixie Cup is about half as common, and dixie cup is about one-fourth as common.