ditto mark
Americannoun
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Row starting "Bandong to Cheribon", comma in last column is changed to a doublequote mark which is here serving as a ditto mark.
From A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore by W. Basil (William Basil) Worsfold
Row starting "Cheribon to Tegal", a doublequote mark is added to the last column to serve as a ditto mark.
From A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore by W. Basil (William Basil) Worsfold
The dash is sometimes used in catalogue work as a ditto mark.
From Punctuation A Primer of Information about the Marks of Punctuation and their Use Both Grammatically and Typographically by Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton
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