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  • noun Plural form of handbasket.

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Examples

  • God is surely too busy delighting in us to want to ship us off in handbaskets to Hades.

    Tattoos on the Heart Gregory Boyle 2010

  • The Czar will mention biofuels and their importance in his opening speech and the only transport thereafter will be to hell in wicker handbaskets.

    Customer Omega for the airlines « BuzzMachine 2008

  • However you say it, whatever gods or goddesses or sacred icons or holy handbaskets you worship, have a happy holiday!

    Whatever You Call It Anne Johnson 2007

  • However you say it, whatever gods or goddesses or sacred icons or holy handbaskets you worship, have a happy holiday!

    Archive 2007-12-01 Anne Johnson 2007

  • The Native Americans would be well within reason for wanting all of us to go back and get back their handbaskets.

    Archive 2006-05-01 Ellen Beth Gill 2006

  • Everything is going to hell in a handbasket, and we're running out of handbaskets.

    Latest Articles Rush Limbaugh .com 2010

  • Something about hell and handbaskets ... posted on 07/09/2010 1: 50: 58 PM PDT

    Latest Articles 2010

  • If you got a private sector firm that can profit while everything the government touches is going to hell in a handbasket even though we have a shortage of handbaskets, you can understand why government would resent them.

    The Writing On The Wal 2008

  • and someplace else--someplace hotter than the warm spot on the bed, that's for sure. you can see it in her eyes. she's mentally batting around thoughts of handbaskets and pitchforks. still, you persevere.

    observations on the jeans i'm wearing today 2004

  • If you’re not familiar with the makeover of the shopping cart, it was impressive: wheels that turn 360 degrees so you don’t have to lift up the rear end of the cart in a tight spot; removable handbaskets that stack into metal frames to reduce cart theft and increase shopping ease; a safer design to prevent child injuries; a lighter, more compact frame for storage; and major improvements all around.

    Egonomics David Marcum 2007

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