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Definition of Ditto mark
1. Noun. A mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ditto Mark
Literary usage of Ditto mark
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Colonial and State Political History of Hertford County, N.C. by Benjamin Brodie Winborne (1906)
"It is said that the Republicans who made out that return have never made a ditto
mark since, and declare to-day that it is unlawful to make a ditto mark. ..."
2. Practical Rhetoric and Composition: A Complete and Practical Discussion of by Albert Newton Raub (1887)
"Girls, 4(J. The ditto mark [" ] is used to indicate that the words above are to
... It is not, however. correct to use the ditto mark in the repetition of ..."
3. Punctuation and Letter-writing: Containing, Also, the Rules for the Use of by Albert Newton Raub (1887)
"The ditto mark [" ] is used to indicate that the words above are to be repeated;
... It is not, however, correct to use the ditto mark in the repetition of ..."
4. Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to Speak Or by Albert Newton Raub (1897)
"The ditto mark ["] is used to indicate that the words above it are to be ...
to use the ditto mark to indicate the repetition of the names of persons. ..."
5. Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the by Joseph Lancaster (1805)
"Morris, Barbara, ditto .... Maginn, John, Cork, ...... Martin, Jane, ditto Mark,
Jacob, ditto Merry weather, G. Yarn . ..."
6. Mark Twain: The Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Albert Bigelow Paine (1912)
"Clara Clemens, ditto. Mark Twain, introducer of team. Detachments and squads and
groups and singles came from everywhere—Danbury, New Haven, Norwalk, ..."
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