ditty bag

Meanings

1. A small bag used to carry one's personal effects or toiletries while traveling.
2. A sailor's small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, etc.; a housewife.
3. A Girl Guide's bag to hold dishes and cutlery, usually made of mesh fabric or sewn dishtowel.
4. A bag used to hold costume pieces that do not hang on hangers, such as socks or gloves.
5. A cameraman's bag containing various small tools.

Etymology

Suggested to be a clipping of commodity bag, a British naval term.