10 BÜCHER, DIE MIT «DITTY BOX» IM ZUSAMMENHANG STEHEN
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ditty box im Zusammenhang stehen und kurze Auszüge derselben, um seinen Gebrauch in der Literatur kontextbezogen darzustellen.
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The Cruise of the Dazzler
CHAPTER. XVI. 'FRISCO. KID'S. DITTY-BOX. After the conversation died away,
the two lads lay upon the cabin fo perhaps an hour. Then, without saying a word, '
Frisco Kid went beloy and struck ...
'Do you want a ditty box?' 'Do I wanta what, sir?'I looked blankly at the leading
seaman. 'A dittybox.' He produced a little wooden box with a hinged lid. 'It's to put
your personal things in,'he explained. 'What sort of personal things, sir?' 'Do you ...
Jim McLoughlin and David Gibb,
2006
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The Language of Sailing
First attested as 'ditty bag' in 1860 in Stuart, Catechism, 81; as 'ditty box' in 1 883
in the Pall Mall Gazette, 2 June. dock the area of water in a port or harbour
enclosed by piers or wharves; in the US, the piers or wharves themselves; to
enter a ...
“Most of the information you need is in the ditty box” said her mother, walking
across to the part of the kitchen where she kept her desk, which as usual was
covered with hundreds of papers. Ignoring this ready-to-slide pile, she bent down
and ...
In addition each carried a knife, a pocket-axe, a compass, a waterproof match-
box, a mess-kit, a map-drawing book, a ditty-box, a service book, a blanket, a
canteen, and a roller and a triangular bandage. If you are going into a very wild ...
Such a chair should have a wide arm, with a ditty-box hinged underneath, as
DITTY BOX CHAIR POST' How a tray is attached to chairs with either wide or
narrow arms illustrated. The writer has a cigar-box about 1J4 in. deep, swung on
the ...
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Ordered Chaos: The Interpretation of English Noun-noun Compounds
... outputs of a productive rule whose meanings have drifted: (3-9) Basis: ditty bag
Original meaning: bag made of ditty, a coarse calico Drifted meaning: bag used
by sailors to carry small items New compound: ditty box Meaning: box used like ...
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Battleship Arizona: An Illustrated History
The ditty box, sturdilv built of wood, was about 18 inches long and perhaps 10-12
inches high. It could serve as a low stool or, in a sailor's lap, as a writing desk.2''
The men ate their meals in the same compartments where they slept.
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The Battlecruiser HMS HOOD: An Illustrated Biography 1916-1941
... 'goffer' shop would be mixing a concoction in a bucket to sell as lemonade; '
Brigham' Young would be writing to one of his many girls, sorting out their photos
in his ditty box; 'Nobby' Hall, prospective Med Fleet light heavyweight champion,
...
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Slaves of Sleep & the Masters of Sleep
There was a small ditty box on the deck. By rights, this seal should knock all the
fastenings out of the ditty box. “By the Seal of Sulayman,” said Tiger
experimentally, “I demand that every nail in this box fly out!” Nothing happened.
Tiger looked ...
10 NACHRICHTEN, IN DENEN DER BEGRIFF «DITTY BOX» VORKOMMT
Erfahre, worüber man in den einheimischen und internationalen Medien spricht und wie der Begriff
ditty box im Kontext der folgenden Nachrichten gebraucht wird.
Soldier's box of secrets tells a World War One love story
Cuckfield Museum is home to a Ditty Box – a wooden box containing basic item such as soap and a razor, which was carried by soldiers in ... «Mid Sussex Times, Jun 15»
Joan Clark's The Birthday Lunch, reviewed: Sorrow does not sleep
The visits to the funeral home, the flowers of condolence, the ashes inside the ditty box have not convinced Claudia that her mother is gone. «National Post, Jun 15»
Parish pump Newhaven - November 7, 2014
SEAFORD Lecture and Literary Club meet on Tuesday, 7.30pm at St Leonard's Church Hall for a talk entitled More Yarns from the Ditty Box by ... «Sussex Express, Nov 14»
Spies, Lies and Bravery - The life and death of Jack Bishop, Royal …
He would have been bathed, issued with a combined prayer and hymn book, and what was know as a “ditty box” in which he could lock away ... «Worcester News, Aug 14»
Baytowne Marina Bar and Grill overlooks bay action
... quesadilla are accompanied by crab cakes, calamari, poppers and seafood dip and chips on the appetizer menu, labeled, “Ditty Box Fare.”. «The Northwest Florida Daily News, Jul 14»
Cuckfield Museum reopens with World War One display
A few years ago, the museum had the great fortune to be given the ditty box containing his most personal possessions which he took to the war ... «Mid Sussex Times, Feb 14»
Tall sailing ships celebrated in new exhibit at Princeton's Morven …
A mid 19th-century "ditty box" is a smaller trunk that carried a sailor's personal effects – tobacco, writing implements, a Bible and other uplifting ... «Newsworks.org, Nov 13»
Morven Launches The Age of Sail, Richard Updike's NJ Collection
YO HO HO AND A BOTTLE OF RUM: Chances are this 19th century American ditty box contained a sailor's sewing kit and other small items ... «Town Topics, Nov 13»
Keepsake for Mrs Cook from a respectful crew
Captain James Cook's coffin-shaped ditty box is an 18th century curio in the State Library's new $1.4 million gallery that is buzzing with 21st ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 13»
'Compass: Folk Art in Four Directions,' at South Street Seaport
... especially impressive is an elliptical “ditty box” incised with neo-Classical buildings from around 1845. There are portraits of sea captains and ... «New York Times, Aug 12»