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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 325 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DITTO (from the
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Lat. dictum, something said, Ital. detto, aforesaid)  , that which has been said before, the same thing . The word is frequently abbreviated into " do." In accounts, "
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ditto " is indicated by two dots or a dash under the word or figure that would otherwise be repeated . A " suit of dittos," a
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trade or
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slang phrase, is a suit in which coat,
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trousers and waistcoat are all of the same material .

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