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clothesbasket

American  
[klohz-bas-kit, -bah-skit, klohthz-] / ˈkloʊzˌbæs kɪt, -ˌbɑ skɪt, ˈkloʊðz- /

noun

  1. a basket for holding and carrying laundry.


Etymology

Origin of clothesbasket

First recorded in 1800–10; clothes + basket

Example Sentences

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Only God knew who was who and who was first in the clothesbasket.

From Time Magazine Archive

The two strongest remained in their roomy clothesbasket, warmed with hot water bottles.

From Time Magazine Archive

He fetched a potato scales and weighed the lot in the clothesbasket: 13 Ib.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the stable, an angel sits on a ladder and wise men and shepherds stand by and wonder as the Christ Child�an 18-month-old� stands up and waves to the audience from a clothesbasket.

From Time Magazine Archive

And she took something out of the clothesbasket, and spread it on the ironing-blanket.

From The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Potter, Beatrix