clothesbasket
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of clothesbasket
Example Sentences
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Only God knew who was who and who was first in the clothesbasket.
From Time Magazine Archive
The two strongest remained in their roomy clothesbasket, warmed with hot water bottles.
From Time Magazine Archive
He fetched a potato scales and weighed the lot in the clothesbasket: 13 Ib.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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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