clothesbasket
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of clothesbasket
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
The two strongest remained in their roomy clothesbasket, warmed with hot water bottles.
From Time Magazine Archive
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