Definition of Clothes basket

1. Noun. A hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried.

Exact synonyms: Clothes Hamper, Laundry Basket, Voider
Generic synonyms: Hamper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clothes Basket

cloth
cloth cap
cloth covering
clothback
clothbacks
clothbound
clothe
clothed
clothes
clothes-brush
clothes-brushes
clothes-maiden
clothes-peg
clothes-pegs
clothes-shop
clothes basket (current term)
clothes closet
clothes designer
clothes don't make the man
clothes drier
clothes dryer
clothes hamper
clothes hanger
clothes hangers
clothes line
clothes lines
clothes maiden
clothes moth
clothes peg
clothes pegs

Literary usage of Clothes basket

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë by Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë (1896)
"of the " Jew-basket" and " Missionary-basket," that these " meubles " are willow-repositories, of the capacity of a good-sized family clothes-basket, ..."

2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1887)
"One evening, when dressing for dinner, I threw a garment into my dirty clothes basket. Out bounced a cat to my great surprise and temporary discomfiture. ..."

3. Babyhood: Devoted Exclusively to the Care of Infants and Young Children (1891)
"Clothes-Basket Bassinette. -I HAVE not seen in BABYHOOD any description of a nest for the baby bunting that I think quite as pretty and convenient as the ..."

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