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[ hand-bas-kit, -bah-skit ] / ˈhændˌbæs kɪt, -ˌbɑ skɪt /
nouna small basket with a handle for carrying by hand. Idioms for handbasketgo to hell in a handbasket, to degenerate quickly and decisively: The economy has gone to hell in a handbasket.
Origin of handbasketFirst recorded in 1485–95; hand + basket Words nearby handbaskethandba', handbag, handbags, handball, handbarrow, handbasket, hand bell, handbill, handblown, handbook, handbound Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for handbasketYou think the country has gone to “hell in a handbasket” under the current administration and party leadership. Flushing Money Down the Tea Party Toilet|Tom Dougherty|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Yes, it can be argued the country has gone to “hell in a handbasket.” Flushing Money Down the Tea Party Toilet|Tom Dougherty|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST This is not a lament that things have gone to hell in a handbasket since some mythical golden era. Mike Wallace and the Passing of an Era|Howard Kurtz|April 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST The world, he told himself, was going to hell in a handbasket. Occasion for Disaster|Gordon Randall Garrett
That was all very well and good, but just what was the handbasket made of? Occasion for Disaster|Gordon Randall Garrett He told me the country was going to Rome in a handbasket, or something like that. Occasion for Disaster|Gordon Randall Garrett "Rome was always going to Hell in a handbasket, and finally it—" He paused. Occasion for Disaster|Gordon Randall Garrett
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