workbasket
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of workbasket
Example Sentences
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The workbasket was sitting on the floor inside the door and Western reached and got the other divelight and pulled himself into the plane.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022
Before the scientists embarked on their research, the cell was perceived as a workbasket containing indeterminate parts.
From New York Times • May 6, 2013
I marched him home, and straight to my workbasket.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
By this time my little joke was over, and I was almost ashamed; so I took the typewritten copy from my workbasket and handed it to him.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
“I have a letter somewhere,” looking in the machine drawer and finding the letter in the bottom of the workbasket.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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