Faced with competition from other paper cup manufacturers, Hugh Moore recognized their Health Kups needed a more memorable name. Moore asked the Dixie Doll Company of New York if he could borrow their name — and the Dixie® brand name that we know today was born.
The cup was renamed in 1919 when Luellen gained permission to use the name 'Dixie Cup' from Dixie Doll Company's Alfred Schindler, a New York doll maker Luellen shared manufacturing space with.
In any case, the name struck Moore as livelier and more attractive than “kup” and he asked Schindler for permission to use it. In that simpler time, Schindler just said yes, and the Dixie Cup was born. The first Dixie Cups were elegant in their simplicity: cream-colored, with the word “Dixie” embossed in the paper.
Navy Slang. a round, white, brimmed hat worn by U.S. sailors.
The canvas hat replaced the straw. Then the canvas was replaced by cotton as a cheaper, more comfortable material. During World War II this navy hat was dubbed the “Dixie Cup” because it resembled the paper cup of the same name.
The word Dixie takes on a different meaning for different people. Most commonly, it's associated with the old South and Confederate states. Dixie was considered the land south of the Mason-Dixon line, where slavery was legal.
In 2016, the Navy expanded the wear of the Dixie Cups to female enlisted Sailors, ushering in a new era for the cap. Despite regulations saying the cover is not to be “crushed, bent or rolled,” Sailors have been personalizing their hats by stylistically reshap- ing them since its inception.
jugs, Slang: Vulgar. a woman's breasts.
Luke is hitting on this girl and hoping to get laid. “Pour a little sugar in her Dixie cup” is pretty much the southern version of “Pour Some Sugar On Me.” It's also one of Luke's favorite party moves – he's pouring into Dixie cups in “Drunk on You” as well. He wants to get her drunk on his love!
“With the closure of the Lehigh Valley plant, it means that after 2021 all Dixie cups, including premium hot cups, recycled fiber cups and bath cups, will be made at the Lexington plant,” a company news release said last week. Georgia-Pacific also has a plant in Bowling Green that makes plates and bowls.
Jockamo means 'jester' in the old myth. It is Mardi Gras music, and the Shaweez was one of many Mardi Gras groups who dressed up in far out Indian costumes and came on as Indian tribes.
Sip on the go.
Dixie® To Go cups are insulated, so your hot drinks stay hot and your cold drinks stay cold. Plus, their non-slip grip and travel-friendly design make it convenient to take your favorite drink with you wherever you go.
Water's relatively high thermal conductivity provides for the rapid distribution of thermal energy throughout its volume. Ultimately, we're not just heating the cup's surface, but also all the water in it at once, which prevents the paper from reaching its ignition temperature.
Dixie cups and the great majority of "paper cups" are lined with polyethylene.
The Dixie Cups – sisters Barbara Ann and Rosa Lee Hawkins and their cousin, Joan Marie Johnson – began singing together in grade school while living in the Calliope Housing Project in New Orleans. The trio shot to fame in 1964 with their hit song, “Chapel of Love,” which knocked the Beatles out of the No.
Dixie, the Southern U.S. states, especially those that belonged to the Confederate States of America (1860–65). The origins of the name are debated, but it was popularized by the song “Dixie,” composed in 1859 by Daniel Decatur Emmett.
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Navy Personnel Command writes that as early as 1866 Sailors were authorized to wear a white sennet straw hat which was worn during the summer months, but in 1886 a low rolled brim, high-domed item constructed of canvas was written into regulation.
booby (slang) jug (slang) bristol (slang) tit (vulgar, slang) titty (vulgar, slang)
Slang. a large quantity of money, especially one thousand dollars: I spent a whole rack on this fancy dinner and it wasn't worth it. The engagement ring he bought her cost a couple of racks.
Officially, I'm a model cocktail waitress. That's what my paperwork says. "Bottle girl" is slang for girls who work in clubs and do bottle service specifically, but both terms describe what I do.
Also known as the “Dixie cup”, the white hat is worn by enlisted Sailors from seaman recruit to petty officer first class; a vast segment of men and women in all stages of their naval careers from new boot camp graduates to Sailors preparing for retirement at 20 years of service.
The three rows of white tape were probably added for ornament at first, surviving records mention some discussion about whether there should be two rows or three. The more familiar square collar developed as it was easier for the men to cut and sew themselves than the round variety.
“By reshaping the white hat or 'dixie cup' to suit their personal style, enlisted sailors have been able, for more than 100 years, to express some measure of individuality in a uniform world.