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Scout's allusion to Dixie Howell is to comfort Jem since he loves football. By telling him that Dixie Howell looks like him and not the other way around, she also is telling him that he comes first and takes precedence over Dixie Howell (who was a famous NFL football player and coach). This also shows Scout's deep understanding of Jem. Although saying "This looks like you" may seem a meager and meaningless compliment, Scout knows that because of his love for football (and all that his associated with it), this would be an extreme honor for him to have anything remotely similar to one of the greatest football players at the time.

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