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outbasket en · NOUN

Etymology

Compound of out + basket.

Meanings

1. A basket holding documents or mail to be sent to others; an outbox.
   • He finished reading a multigraphed sheet, initialed it, and scaled it into his out-basket. 1962, Ross Macdonald, The Zebra-Striped Hearse, Toronto, O.N.; New York, N.Y.; London: Bantam Books, published 1964, page 34:
   • "Fair enough." He dropped the sketch into an outbasket. "I'll have 'em make copies." 2001, Darryl Wimberley, Strawman's Hammock, New Milford, C.T.; London: Toby Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 118:

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