clothesbasket
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of clothesbasket
Example Sentences
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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.
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He fetched a potato scales and weighed the lot in the clothesbasket: 13 Ib.
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The two strongest remained in their roomy clothesbasket, warmed with hot water bottles.
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Only God knew who was who and who was first in the clothesbasket.
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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 Four and Twenty Beds by Vogel, Nancy
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