clothesbasket

American  

[klohz-bas-kit, -bah-skit, klohthz-] / ˈkloʊzˌbæs kɪt, -ˌbɑ skɪt, ˈkloʊðz- /

noun

1. a basket for holding and carrying laundry.

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Etymology

Origin of clothesbasket

First recorded in 1800–10; clothes + basket

Example Sentences

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

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

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

They dispatched Ovila down the rocky, forest-edged road to Dr. Dafoe's, placed kettles and pots of water to boil, laid out clean towels and a bottle of olive oil on the new bedroom bureau, lined a wicker clothesbasket with pads and sheets to receive the newcomer, washed their hands, and composed themselves to watch a labor which no one expected for at least another month.

From Time Magazine Archive