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surname .
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Examples
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At my request, the drumming on the cone kept time to "Dixey" and "Yankee
The Shadow World Hamlin Garland 1900
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Note 154: Nathan Dunn to Hannah C. Dixey (his niece), letter, 3 March 1843, Quaker Collection, Haverford College.
The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005
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Newer: and hey, I can drive so Jenny Dixey (digital eve) so Jenny Dixey (digital eve) says she is having problems reading some of the text on this site.
so Jenny Dixey (digital eve) - emergency weblog; or: epersonae; or: elaine nelson 2001
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No lingering love for Northern friends of olden time, no kindly regard for by-gone intimacies, flashes up from the darkened abyss of 'Dixey.'
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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When young she scarcely thought of the gross wrongs that were heaped upon her; but as she grew older, and thought more about her condition, she scouted the idea that God had designed her to be a slave, and decided that she would be one to leave Dixey in the first Underground Rail Road train that might afford her the chance.
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We had a very jolly talk and I enjoyed it immensely, not only myself but all the surrounding populace, as Dixey would persist in showing the youthful some new "gag," and would break into a clog or dialect much to the delectation of the admiring Bostonians.
Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 1917
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Fresh from or rather musty from these antiques, who should I meet but the cheerful Dixey and Powers.
Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 1917
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We had a very jolly talk and I enjoyed it immensely, not only myself but all the surrounding populace, as Dixey would persist in showing the youthful some new "gag," and would break into a clog or dialect much to the delectation of the admiring Bostonians.
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Fresh from or rather musty from these antiques, who should I meet but the cheerful Dixey and Powers.
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It is a pity, however, that Sir Henry could not have been behind the screen some night at Billy Boyle's to hear Field and Dixey in a rivalry of imitations of himself in his favorite roles.
Eugene Field A Study In Heredity And Contradictions Thompson, Slason 1901
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