ditty bag

American  

noun

1. a small bag used especially by sailors to hold sewing implements, toiletries, etc.

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ditty bag British  

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of ditty bag

First recorded in 1855–60; of obscure origin

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Example Sentences

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ditty bag

No, this time the malaise comes aboard in Admiral Kirk's ditty bag, and it is that common cold of the earthling's psyche, a mid-life crisis.

From Time Magazine Archive

With other minor appurtenances in the ditty bag, including an arrow-repairing kit, one's burden is less than twenty pounds, an easy load.

From Hunting with the Bow and Arrow by Saxton Pope

He secured the drawstring of the ditty bag to the end of the fishing line and inched forward again.

From The Pirates of Shan by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

I remember that they had one ditty bag between them, and they had a woman's thimble in it.

From Man Overboard! by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

There were some tri-dimensional color slides in the ditty bag hanging by his bunk.

From Rescue Squad by Thomas J. O'Hara

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