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ditty boxes

ditty boxes is the plural of ditty box.

Meaning of ditty box

Noun

ditty box (plural ditty boxes)

  1. A small box, usually made of woody, to hold a sailor's personal possessions.
    • It was Walter who broke the news, as he came tumbling down the stairs to the berth deck, where Si and Caleb were engaged in a friendly game of checkers on the top of a ditty-box.1899, Edward Stratemeyer, Fighting in Cuban Waters

Questions about ditty boxes

What is ditty boxes the plural of?
Ditty boxes is the plural of ditty box.

Words near ditty boxes in the dictionary

  1. Dittricks
  2. ditty
  3. ditty bag
  4. ditty bags
  5. ditty box
  6. ditty boxes
  7. dittying
  8. ditungsten
  9. ditype
  10. ditypes
  11. ditypic

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