This section is from the "A Complete Dictionary of Dry Goods" book, by George S. Cole. Also available from Amazon: A complete dictionary of dry goods and history of silk, cotton, linen, wool and other fibrous substances,: Including a full explanation of the modern processes ... together with various useful tables.
Ditto. [From Italian ditto, meaning that which has been said, Latin dictum, said] A duplicate. The same thing. Abbreviated do, and is also expressed by two inverted commas ("), sometimes by the dash (-), and sometimes, especially in writing, by two minute-marks ( " ). A ditto-suit is a suit of clothes of the same color or material throughout.
 
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