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handbaskets

handbaskets is the plural 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

Questions about handbaskets

What is handbaskets the plural of?
Handbaskets is the plural of handbasket.

Words near handbaskets in the dictionary

  1. handbarrows
  2. handbasin
  3. handbasins
  4. handbasket
  5. handbasket portion
  6. handbaskets
  7. handbell
  8. handbells
  9. handbike
  10. handbikes
  11. handbill

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