DIT'TODIT'TY
DIT'TY, n. [supposed to be from the D. dicht, a poem, Sax. diht, dihtan. If so, it coincides in origin with the L. dico, dictum.]
A song; a sonnet; or a little poem to be sung. And to the warbling lute soft ditties sing. – Sandys.
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