HANDBASKET


Meaning of HANDBASKET in English

/hand"bas'kit, -bah'skit/ , n.

1. a small basket with a handle for carrying by hand.

2. go to hell in a handbasket , to degenerate quickly and decisively: The economy has gone to hell in a handbasket.

[ 1485-95; HAND + BASKET ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .