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

Example Sentences

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

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.

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

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

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

That same haversack was used as a "ditty" bag.

From In Camp on the Big Sunflower by Leslie, Lawrence J.

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 Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)