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ditty bag
noun
- a small bag used especially by sailors to hold sewing implements, toiletries, etc.
ditty bag
noun
- a sailor's cloth bag for personal belongings or tools. A box used for these purposes is termed a ditty box
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ditty bag1
First recorded in 1855–60; of obscure origin
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ditty bag1
C19: perhaps from obsolete dutty calico, from Hindi ōī loincloth, dhoti
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They also had to keep their ditty bags and grass hammocks in good order, also their eating utensils, and each had to do his share of cleaning up.
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Then Rick carefully wrapped the radio unit in his handkerchief, and put the whole thing in a black denim ditty bag borrowed from Chahda for the purpose.
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There were some tri-dimensional color slides in the ditty bag hanging by his bunk.
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I remember that they had one ditty bag between them, and they had a woman's thimble in it.
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With other minor appurtenances in the ditty bag, including an arrow-repairing kit, one's burden is less than twenty pounds, an easy load.
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