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basketwork

[ bas-kit-wurk, bah-skit- ]

noun

  1. objects, textiles, etc., made or woven in the manner of a basket; basketry; wickerwork; interwoven work.


basketwork

/ ˈɑːɪˌɜː /

noun

  1. another word for wickerwork
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of basketwork1

First recorded in 1760–70; basket + work
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I stood with her as she smoked a chopstick-thin Vogue cigarette under the stadium’s basketwork.

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Frey says he will have more flexibility to buy materials like leather to use in his basketwork.

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But it did not mention the jobs being created in alternatives, such as labour-intensive basketwork, which provides work for the rural poor.

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That was a classic Soviet bowl; its replacement, where work began in 2015 after the old ground’s demolition, looks very different and its exterior design is intended to resemble basketwork.

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Basketwork eels have large but very weak jaws and have to wait for a shark to visit the bait and loosen chunks of soft tissue for them to feed, essentially using the sharks as a can opener.

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