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)

1. (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.

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.