hamper

Definitions

1. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
2. A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.
3. Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
4. A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper).
   US
5. A gift basket.
   UK

Equivalents

Examples

“a hamper of wine”

“a clothes hamper”

“an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels”

“One afternoon there was a mighty queer noise aloft, which set⟳ the men running in every direction. It was the main-t'-gallant-mast. Crash⟳! it broke off just above the cap, and held there by the rigging, dashed with every roll from side to side, with all the hamper that belonged to it.”

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