Moses basket
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Moses basket
C20: from Moses being left in a cradle of bulrushes (Exodus 2:3)
Example Sentences
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Please God this heavily pregnant woman doesn’t DIE “pretty soon” in a chain of events sparked by Amal Clooney giving her a moses basket.
From The Guardian • Feb. 28, 2019
The staff cleaned up the baby, dressed him in a tiny suit and took him to the parents in a moses basket.
From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2017
So what of us now, with our moses basket in the loft, our own “baby shoes, never worn”? What’s one more on top of three?
From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2016
"If the baby's in the car behind and needs feeding I'll just stop and feed it," she says with a giggle – or in the gym, with a moses basket next to her turbo trainer.
From The Guardian • May 11, 2013
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