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handbasket

noun
hand·​bas·​ket | \ ˈhan(d)-ˌba-skət How to pronounce handbasket (audio) \

Definition of handbasket

: a small portable basket —usually used in the phrase to hell in a handbasket denoting rapid and utter ruination

Examples of handbasket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 On the 1st hole, a gone-to-hell-in-a-handbasket iron plops down in the second cut. — Jack Mccallum, SI.com, "The President Is Golfing," 27 June 2018 Theft, West Bagley Road: Police hope to identify and arrest a man who stole a handbasket filled with merchandise at about 3:45 p.m. July 24 from Dollar General, 390 West Bagley Road. — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, "Drunk driver slams SUV into Volkswagen; strange walking man steals bikes, Cheetos from garage: Berea police blotter," 27 July 2017

First Known Use of handbasket

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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