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hand-to-hand
hand-to-mouth
hand traverse
hand truck
hand up
handbag
handball
handbarrow
handbasket
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handbasket
hand·bas·ket [ hánd bàskət ] (plural hand·bas·kets)


noun 
Definition:
 
small basket: a small basket carried by hand

go to hell in a handbasket to deteriorate quickly and utterly (informal)
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