A basket, usually woven, used for storing dirty laundry or clean clothes.
Compound of 'clothes' (garments) and 'basket' (from Old Norse 'baskr'). The term became common in domestic vocabulary during the Victorian era as household organization improved.
The clothesbasket is a surprisingly modern invention—before the 1800s, people just piled dirty clothes in corners or on the floor, so these baskets actually revolutionized how families managed laundry!
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