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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A basket in which clothes are carried to be washed..
Falstaff. […] they conveyed me into a buck-basket. Ford. A buck-basket! Falstaff. By the Lord, a buck-basket! rammed me in with foul shirts and smocks, socks, foul stockings, greasy napkins […]
Iane, let the Buck-basket be got ready for the foul-cloaths, de’e hear, and bid the Landress take care to mend all the shifts; these great Ramping-girles do so tear their Linnen, it almost makes me wilde.
Use buck-basket when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Buck-basket means (obsolete) A basket in which clothes are carried to be washed..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Falstaff. […] they conveyed me into a buck-basket. Ford. A buck-basket! Falstaff. By the Lord, a buck-basket! rammed me in with foul shirts and smocks, socks, foul stockings, greasy napkins […]
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