handbasket
[
hand
-bas-kit, -bah-skit]
/ˈhændˌbæs kɪt, -ˌbɑ skɪt/
noun
1.
a small
basket
with a handle for carrying by
hand
.
Idioms
2.
go to hell in a handbasket,
to degenerate quickly and decisively:
The economy has gone to hell in a handbasket.
Origin
1485-95;
hand
+
basket
Slang definitions & phrases for
handbasket
handbasket
Related Terms
go to hell in a handbasket