ditty box

American  

noun

1. a small box used like a ditty bag.

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Etymology

Origin of ditty box

1880–85;

Example Sentences

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ditty box

The ditty box serves as the jackie’s desk, his table, his seat and many other things.

From The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy by Patchin, Frank Gee

“That’s some interest, old Bono Johnny, to stick inter yer ditty box along o’ yer shiners!”

From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by Greene, John B.

"I think I must know this letter by heart," mused Dan, folding the letter and tenderly laying it away in the precious ditty box.

From The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers by Patchin, Frank Gee

Never interfere with another man’s ditty box unless you are looking for trouble.

From The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy by Patchin, Frank Gee

I put it in my ditty box last night.

From The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers by Patchin, Frank Gee