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Definition of Dittoing
1. ditto [v] - See also: ditto
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dittoing
Literary usage of Dittoing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horse and His Rider by Francis Bond Head (1860)
"Of dittoing the tails of all dogs that take care of sheep. 3. ... Of dittoing a
portion of the tails, and occasionally of the ears, of our horses. 5. ..."
2. The Spectator by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1726)
"As he was laying th:fe together, and dittoing to his Hearers with great Authority,
there came in a Gentleman from Garr*»a/s, who told us that there were ..."
3. Punchby Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"... was dutifully dittoing in the rear. But it was the voice of NEPTUNE himself,
summoning the All-Accomplished One to a friendly conference, and MR. ..."
4. The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States by Horace Greeley (1864)
"It is in the following words: " An Ordinance to dittoing the Union between the
State of South Carolina, and other States united with her under the compact ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1807)
"... called the Land of Brychan, which in the British language has been written at
different periods, and according to the dittoing orthography of the times, ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas and by John Bayly Moore, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1818)
"It is clear, from the case of dittoing v. Morshead, that bills may be indorsed
to an alien enemy.—If this principle could have been applied to that case, ..."
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