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dog basket

dog basket noun: a basket, often cushioned, in which a dog sleeps.

Noun

dog basket (plural dog baskets)

  1. A basket, often cushioned, in which a dog sleeps.
  2. (archaic, slang) A container holding the remnants of meals from the cabin.
    • […] and would look with quiet scorn on his less punctilious shipmates when they made a rush at the cuddy "dog basket."1879, The Nautical Magazine, volume 48, page 307
    • A very good table was kept, and the dog-basket and menavelings from it alone would have supplied the fo'c'stle twice over.1893, John Arthur Barry, Steve Brown's Bunyip: And Other Stories, page 34

Forms of dog basket

pluraldog baskets

Questions about dog basket

What does dog basket mean?
Dog basket means a basket, often cushioned, in which a dog sleeps.
What part of speech is dog basket?
Dog basket is a noun.
What is the plural of dog basket?
The plural of dog basket is dog baskets.

Words near dog basket in the dictionary

  1. dog and pony show
  2. dog and pony shows
  3. dog around
  4. dog bag
  5. dog bags
  6. dog basket
  7. dog baskets
  8. dog bed
  9. dog beds
  10. dog biscuit
  11. dog biscuits

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