salad basket

American  

noun

1. a basket in which washed salad greens are swung or spun to remove excess water.

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Etymology

Origin of salad basket

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

With two armed guards sitting in the central aisle outside Ren�'s cell and another riding up front, the salad basket started off to the hospital prison at Fres-nes.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Can I be deceived?" he murmured, as he stepped into the oblong and grated vehicle which they call "the salad basket."

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas père, Alexandre