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hand•bas•ket
Pronunciation: (hand'bas"kit, -bä"skit), [key]—
n.
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. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.