ditty bag
noun
a small bag used especially by sailors to hold sewing implements, toiletries, etc.
Origin of ditty bag
First recorded in 1855–60; of obscure origin
Words nearby ditty bag
ditto mark,
dittograph,
dittography,
dittrich's plug,
ditty,
ditty bag,
ditty box,
ditz,
ditzy,
diu,
diuresis
Example sentences from the Web for ditty bag
A rather hyperbolic phrase for a sailor's overhauling his ditty-bag at a leisure moment, and restowing his little hoard.
The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry Smyth
British Dictionary definitions for ditty bag
ditty bag
noun
a sailor's cloth bag for personal belongings or tools. A box used for these purposes is termed a ditty box
Word Origin for ditty bag
C19: perhaps from obsolete
dutty calico, from Hindi
dhōtī loincloth,
dhoti