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hand-basket

hand-basket is the alternative spelling of handbasket.

Meaning of handbasket

Noun

handbasket (plural handbaskets)

  1. A basket with a handle.
    • To speake what I doe thinke of the youth, I can not bee induced to thinke, that hee hath had his bringing vp at any other trade, then in carryeng long Meg of Westminsters hand-basket, and in attending vppon some other of his auntes, at her appointment while shee liued.1589, Martin Marprelate, Theses Martinianae

Forms of hand-basket

pluralhand-baskets

Questions about hand-basket

What is hand-basket the alternative spelling of?
Hand-basket is the alternative spelling of handbasket.

Words near hand-basket in the dictionary

  1. hand-adze
  2. hand-adzes
  3. hand-arm vibration syndrome
  4. hand-basher
  5. hand-bashers
  6. hand-basket
  7. hand-baskets
  8. hand-bill
  9. hand-bills
  10. hand-carried
  11. hand-carries

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