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Dix·on

(dĭk′sən), Willie 1915-1992.
American musician and songwriter who served as a major figure on the Chicago blues scene.
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Dixon

n
(Biography) Willie, full name William James Dixon. 1915–92, US blues musician, songwriter, and record producer, whose songs have been recorded by many other artists
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Dix•on

(ˈdɪk sən)

n.
Jeremiah, died 1777, English astronomer and surveyor. Compare Mason-Dixon line.
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Dixon has persuaded her father and mother to come over and see her directly.
Dixon, and the not going to Ireland, she said, with the insidious design of farther discovery,
Dixon, you could hardly have expected her to be excused from accompanying Colonel and Mrs.
Dixon) excessively to come over with Colonel and Mrs.
Bud Dixon would wake up and miss the swag, and would come straight for us, for he ain't afeard of anything or anybody, that man ain't.
"Well, I got my boots on, and we went down and slipped in and laid the paper of sugar on the berth, and sat down soft and sheepish and went to listening to Bud Dixon snore.
The response was unani- mous and in thunder-tones--"NO!" "Will you succor and protect him as a brother-man--a resident of the old Bay State?" "YES!" shouted the whole mass, with an energy so startling, that the ruthless tyrants south of Mason and Dixon's line might almost have heard the mighty burst of feeling, and recognized it as the pledge of an invincible determination, on the part of those who gave it, never to betray him that wanders, but to hide the outcast, and firmly to abide the consequences.
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There are two hundred and sixty-four wires crossing the Mississippi, in the Bell system; and five hundred and forty-four crossing Mason and Dixon's Line.
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Dixon was so well pleased with his new name, and appeared to think it so obliging in Mr.
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George Dixon was one of 19thcentury Birmingham's most signifi-cant and influential figures.
MP's legacy was securing a free education for all; HISTORY Chris Upton looks at the life of pioneering politician George Dixon
Vicious mother-of-five Carole Dixon, 50, was caught on camera pushing the vulnerable woman around as she demanded cash.
Robber put behind bars
Tom Dixon was planning to get up early in the morning Aug.
Tom Dixon looks to 'Kick Start This Party'; Musician with local roots set for Country MusicFest at Wachusett Mountain Ski Area

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