'handbasket' definitions:
Definition of 'handbasket'
From: WordNet
noun
A container that is usually woven and has handles [syn: basket, handbasket]
Definition of 'handbasket'
From: GCIDE
- handbasket \hand"bask*et\ n. a container that is usually woven and has handles.
- Syn: basket. [WordNet 1.5]
- go to hell in a handbasket to deteriorate substantially and quickly; as, after they lost the contract, the company's profits went to hell in a handbasket. [PJC]