Ditton

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A motto or saying. Scotland, obsolete

    "Nekeb : this is a ditch, where we may conceive Jordan was let out for the more convenient watering of other ground. And have we not more then twenty Dittons or Ditch-tons on the ſame occaſion in England?"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename:; A suburb of Widnes, Halton borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4885). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename:; A village in Tonbridge and Malling borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7158). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; A suburb of Slough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9978). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable

Example

More examples

"Nekeb : this is a ditch, where we may conceive Jordan was let out for the more convenient watering of other ground. And have we not more then twenty Dittons or Ditch-tons on the ſame occaſion in England?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old English dīċ (“ditch, trench, moat”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”); compare the doublet Deighton.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French dicton (“saying, maxim, proverb, adage”), from Latin dictum. First attested in the late 16th century.

Related phrases

Ditton GreenDitton PriorsLong DittonThames Ditton

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