handbasket
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of handbasket
Example Sentences
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This is, as best we can tell, what hell looks like from a handbasket.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2026
Lots of well-to-do folks say that L.A. has gone to hell in a handbasket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Its bestselling handbasket tote requires a larger protective box to preserve its structured wicker shape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
“Givers of Death” belongs to a fascinating subgenre: The world has gone to hell in a handbasket, so what do you hold on to?
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
The world, he told himself, was going to hell in a handbasket.
From Occasion for Disaster by Randall Garrett
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