handbasket

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Noun handbasket has 1 sense

basket, handbasket - a container that is usually woven and has handles
--₁ is a kind of container
--₁ has particulars:
breadbasket; bushel, bushel basket; creel; frail; hamper; punnet; shopping basket; skep; wicker basket

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Handbasket

Noun:

A small basket, typically made of woven material, that is designed to be carried by hand.

Example sentence: She filled the handbasket with fresh produce from the farmer's market.

Idiom:

To be "going to hell in a handbasket" means to rapidly decline or deteriorate.

Example sentence: The company's financial situation was going to hell in a handbasket, with mounting debts and decreasing profits.

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