ditto

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After that you may suppose the feelings with which I called his ditto, another Joseph Armine Brownlow; and forth came the smallest sprite, with a white face and great black eyes, all eagerness, but much too wee for this place.

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  1. noun The same as stated above or before.
  2. noun A duplicate; a copy.
  3. noun A pair of small marks ( 〞 ) used to indicated that the word, phrase, or figure given above is to be repeated.

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  • To which assurance John Hockins begged to "putt the word ditto," and the negro fervently added, "Das so--me too But how are we to find your friend," asked Mark, "seeing that we don't know him, and have never seen him My friend is not a man, but a--a woman, a young girl," said Ravonino, with the slightest possible symptom of confusion, which opened the eyes of Mark instantly, and still further stirred his sympathies Ravonino," he exclaimed, suddenly grasping the guide's hand, "treat me as a friend and trust me. —  The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar
  • Another fell--ditto, ditto--the Tatangia. —  Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before
  • Lady Glistonbury and Lady Sarah, ditto--ditto. —  Tales and Novels — Volume 05
  • "There'd be no more 'ditto'--and no more lumpy porridge and blue milk either. —  Rainbow Valley
  • After that you may suppose the feelings with which I called his ditto, another Joseph Armine Brownlow; and forth came the smallest sprite, with a white face and great black eyes, all eagerness, but much too wee for this place. —  Magnum Bonum
 

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  1. Italian dialectal, past participle of Italian dire, to say, from Latin dīcere; see deik- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Italian, that which has been said, from Latin dictum, a saying, neuter of dictus (later Italian detto), past participle of dicere (later Italian dire), say: see dictum, and cf. ditty.
 

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