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Dixʹie Land

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Nigger land. Mason and Dixon drew a line which was to be the northern limit of slavery. In the third quarter of the 19th century the southern part of this line was called Dixie or nigger land.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Divine Doctor
Divine Pagan (The)
Divine Plant (The)
Divine Speaker (The)
Divining Rod
Divinity in Odd Numbers
Divino Lodovico
Division
Divorcement
Divus
Dixie Land
Dizzy
Djinnestan
Do
Do (to rhyme with go)
Do for
Do up (To)
Doab (Indian)
Dobbin
Dobbins (Humphrey)
Dobby’s Walk

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Dixie Land