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Definition of Ditty bag
1. Noun. Kit used by sailors and soldiers.
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
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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