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- noun Alternative form of
basket case .
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Examples
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She was the quirky "basketcase" of the film, and Hughes was more filmmaker than social critic, but both nailed something that I and some astute friends are starting to realize when we step away from our Blackberries, conference calls, staff meetings and general daily routines:
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I'm exhausted right now, and I can only imagine what kind of basketcase I'll be after all this.
And I Need To Go Cry Now emu-head 2006
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Marjah is a basketcase -- an example of the failure of the McChrystal/Petraeus strategy.
Derrick Crowe: General Petraeus, Proconsul of Fantasyland Derrick Crowe 2010
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Th next GOP presidential candidate will have to come from a state that is not a basketcase – John Thune maybe? joe from Lowell says:
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Seeing as Haiti was a basketcase before the earthquake and will likely remain a basketcase for years to come, if not for decades to come, I woulod suggest that even if logistical bottlenecks are holding up the ability of your charities to get the aid to the Haitians, this is only a caveat against giving if you want your giving to help RIGHT NOW THIS SECOND!
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Marjah is a basketcase -- an example of the failure of the McChrystal/Petraeus strategy.
Derrick Crowe: General Petraeus, Proconsul of Fantasyland Derrick Crowe 2010
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Europe's emerging economic basketcase is Silvio Berlusconi's Italy.
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Marjah is a basketcase -- an example of the failure of the McChrystal/Petraeus strategy.
Derrick Crowe: General Petraeus, Proconsul of Fantasyland Derrick Crowe 2010
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I despaired at the thought of even getting into college considering the basketcase I had become.
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Marjah is a basketcase -- an example of the failure of the McChrystal/Petraeus strategy.
Derrick Crowe: General Petraeus, Proconsul of Fantasyland Derrick Crowe 2010
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