Definition of Ditty bag

1. Noun. Kit used by sailors and soldiers.

Generic synonyms: Kit

Definition of Ditty bag

1. Noun. A small bag used to carry one's personal effects or toiletries while traveling. ¹

2. Noun. A sailor's small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, etc.; a housewife. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ditty Bag

ditting
dittit
dittmarite
ditto
ditto mark
dittoed
dittography
dittohead
dittoheads
dittoing
dittologies
dittology
dittos
ditts
ditty
ditty bag (current term)
ditty bags
ditty box
ditty boxes
dittying
ditungsten
ditz
ditzes
ditzier
ditziest
ditziness
ditzinesses
ditzy
diubiquitinated
diubiquitylated

Literary usage of Ditty bag

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sportsman's Workshop by Warren Hastings Miller (1921)
"A mighty useful trail accessory is the ditty bag, that little leather pouch that is carried either by a narrow strap over shoulder or is slipped on the belt ..."

2. Camp Craft: Modern Practice and Equipment by Warren Hastings Miller (1915)
"The whole works are in the ditty-bag. Hungry ? There are a dozen square meals lurking inside the covers of that—grab it from me—justly famous ditty-bag. ..."

3. Out of Doors by Emerson Hough (1915)
"You could dispense with a ditty bag if you liked, but the ditty bag or possible bag—made of canvas or buckskin or what you like, and holding your needles ..."

4. The Sailor's Word-book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, Including by William Henry Smyth (1867)
"... counter-approaches, and the like. That kind which may be made wot or dry at pleasure is most useful. DITTY-BAG. Derives its name from the ..."

5. Life on the Ocean: Being Sketches of Personal Experience in the United by Charles Nordhoff (1874)
"The ditty- bag generally contains a pair of scissors, a thimble, ... I furnished my ditty-bag from the purser's stores, and then, having drawn my share of ..."

6. Man-of-war Life; a Boy's Experience in the United States Navy.: A Boy's by Charles Nordhoff (1895)
"On board a merchant Teasel, this ditty-bag generally assumes the shape of a little box, ... The ditty- bag generally contains a pair of scissors, a thimble, ..."

7. The United Service Magazine by Arthur William Alsager Pollock (1867)
"The ditty-bag of old, when a seaman prided himself on his rig, as the result of his own ability to fit himself from clue to earing, was a treasured article, ..."

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