Ditties
[ditiz]
Definition
(pl. ) of Ditty
Checker: Trent
Examples
- Among these ditties was one, the last of the concert, and to the following effect: Ah! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And yet, said he, I think my Saxon countrymen had herded long enough with the Normans, to fall into the tone of their melancholy ditties. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I presume such ditties are written for musically-inclined Girton girls. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The old spinster used to wake up when these ditties ceased, and ask for more. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Checker: Trent