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

"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

An old man with a gray beard sat on a ditty box at the lee rail, sewing a pair of breeches.

From The Maker of Opportunities by Gibbs, George

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

“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.

Tommy produced an ancient book from his ditty box, and proceeded to read an extract in a loud, sonorous voice.

From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Doubleday, Russell