Meaning

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

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

  3. A Girl Guide's bag to hold dishes and cutlery, usually made of mesh fabric or sewn dishtowel.

  4. A bag used to hold costume pieces that do not hang on hangers, such as socks or gloves.

  5. A cameraman's bag containing various small tools.

More definitions
  • kit used by sailors and soldiers

Origin

Suggested to be a clipping of commodity bag, a British naval term.

Suggested to be a clipping of commodity bag, a British naval term.

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Forms

plural: ditty bags
Singularditty bag
Pluralditty bags

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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