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alum-baskets

alum-baskets is the plural of alum-basket.

Meaning of alum-basket

Noun

alum-basket (plural alum-baskets)

  1. A small decorative wire basket covered in alum crystals by being dipped in a saturated solution of alum to give a sparkling effect.
    • There were "memorials of Margate," "a trifle from Brighton," a man and woman made of shells, divers pincushions ingeniously inserted in the same marine abodes, and an alum-basket, which looked as if it would crumble at a touch.1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 182

Questions about alum-baskets

What is alum-baskets the plural of?
Alum-baskets is the plural of alum-basket.

Words near alum-baskets in the dictionary

  1. alum shale
  2. alum slate
  3. alum stone
  4. alum stones
  5. alum-basket
  6. alum-baskets
  7. alumane
  8. Alumbaugh
  9. Alumbaughs
  10. alumbrado
  11. alumbrados

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