handbasket

[ hand-bas-kit, -bah-skit ]

/ ˈhændˌbæs kɪt, -ˌbɑ skɪt /

noun

a small basket with a handle for carrying by hand.

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Idioms for handbasket

go to hell in a handbasket, to degenerate quickly and decisively: The economy has gone to hell in a handbasket.

Origin of handbasket

First recorded in 1485–95; hand + basket

Words nearby handbasket

handba', handbag, handbags, handball, handbarrow, handbasket, hand bell, handbill, handblown, handbook, handbound

Example sentences from the Web for handbasket

You think the country has gone to “hell in a handbasket” under the current administration and party leadership.
Flushing Money Down the Tea Party Toilet|Tom Dougherty|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yes, it can be argued the country has gone to “hell in a handbasket.”
Flushing Money Down the Tea Party Toilet|Tom Dougherty|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is not a lament that things have gone to hell in a handbasket since some mythical golden era.
Mike Wallace and the Passing of an Era|Howard Kurtz|April 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The world, he told himself, was going to hell in a handbasket.
Occasion for Disaster|Gordon Randall Garrett

That was all very well and good, but just what was the handbasket made of?
Occasion for Disaster|Gordon Randall Garrett
He told me the country was going to Rome in a handbasket, or something like that.
Occasion for Disaster|Gordon Randall Garrett
"Rome was always going to Hell in a handbasket, and finally it—" He paused.
Occasion for Disaster|Gordon Randall Garrett

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