handbasket

[hand-bas-kit, -bah-skit]

hand·bas·ket

[hand-bas-kit, -bah-skit]
noun
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.

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Handbasket is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
1485–95; hand + basket
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handbasket

noun
a container that is usually woven and has handles [syn: basket
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