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salad basket

American

noun

a basket in which washed salad greens are swung or spun to remove excess water.

Etymology

Origin of salad basket

First recorded in 1905–10

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"Can I be deceived?" he murmured, as he stepped into the oblong and grated vehicle which they call "the salad basket."

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas père, Alexandre

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