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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

hand•bas•ket n.

a small basket with a handle for carrying by hand.
Idioms go to hell in a handbasket, to degenerate quickly and decisively:The economy has gone to hell in a handbasket.

hand + basket 1485–95

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