Nixie

1 definition found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nixie \Nix"ie\, n.
     1. See {Nix}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Nothing. [Slang]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


  
     3. (U. S. Mail Service) A piece of mail matter which cannot
        be delivered, either because no post office exists at the
        place to which is it addressed, or because there is no
        place of the name mentioned in the designated State,
        Territory, or the like. [Cant]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]