ditty
noun[C]
uk/ˈdɪt.i/us/ˈdɪt̬.i/ashortsimplesong
小曲，小调，短歌Singing
- a cappella
- accompaniment
- accompany
- alto
- anthem
- banger
- barbershop
- crooner
- dirge
- diva
- doxology
- duet
- intonation
- jingle
- rapping
- screamer
- septet
- serenade
- sextet
- treble
- And I thought it was a ditty rather too dolefully appropriate for a company that had met such cruel losses in the morning.
- He once asked an old dame of Palermo to repeat him some of these ditties.
- The 'people,' too, seem to have forgotten their natural gift of poetry, for the only songs now heard about the streets are badly translated French or English ditties.
- The suggestive music hall ditty was still in his mind.
- Those who did not know the words either whistled the air or improvised an impossible ditty.
ditty| American Dictionary
ditty
noun[C]
us/ˈdɪt̬·i/ashort,simplesong
Examplesofditty
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Folk-song had died out in country villages and the music hall 'ditty' was to be found in its place.
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Thedittyof the court is to exact the penalty which is the price of putting in the receipt.
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If persons are given powers of that kind, there really ought to be some clear definition of their ditties.
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There was a populardittya number of years ago which went by the name.
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Important legal considerations are involved in these ported into this country, together with the rate ofdittyat present paid on such imports?
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It is ourdittyto try to remove these misunderstandings and to create a better feeling.
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When prayers are replaced by political ditties, it is time to consider seriously whether worship is really being thought about.
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We may dismiss for good the idea that something is being done in these ditties to give our workmen a chance against sweated work.
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We shall, no doubt, have other ditties which will recognise and salute their achievement.
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It is no 1onger the principle around which the ditties, the conduct and the rights of nations revolve.
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This does not exempt public utilities from doing their clearditty, but there is a public safety element involved here, for instance, in the case of railway embankments.
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That was another of my father's ditties.
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The motor industry, clocks, watches and the other manufactures included under these ditties, were selected because these things were not being produced in this country at that time.
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The law already protects the soldier wherever he is, and whatever hisdittymay be for the moment so long as he is in actual military service.
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Outside she and the other children sang revolutionary ditties, played pranks and took part in rival gang fights.
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