ditty bag

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No, this time the malaise comes aboard in Admiral Kirk's ditty bag, and it is that common cold of the earthling's psyche, a mid-life crisis.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ditty bag included needles and needfuls, love-tokens, jewels, &c.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

With other minor appurtenances in the ditty bag, including an arrow-repairing kit, one's burden is less than twenty pounds, an easy load.

From Hunting with the Bow and Arrow by Pope, Saxton

Then Rick carefully wrapped the radio unit in his handkerchief, and put the whole thing in a black denim ditty bag borrowed from Chahda for the purpose.

From The Pirates of Shan by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

I remember that they had one ditty bag between them, and they had a woman's thimble in it.

From Man Overboard! by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)