clothesbasket

[ klohz-bas-kit, -bah-skit, klohthz- ]

noun

1. a basket for holding and carrying laundry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of clothesbasket¹

First recorded in 1800–10; clothes + basket

Example Sentences

My disgust was much more violent when I found myself sprawling helplessly in the clothesbasket, like a huge turtle on its back.

From Project Gutenberg

I was still in a bad mood that evening when I came back from cabin 15 and climbed up on the typewriter case on the kitchen chair, after sprinkling a clothesbasket full of clean clothes and getting them ready to iron.

From Project Gutenberg

Grant came running to help me out of the clothesbasket.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive