basketball

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But the lecturer interviewed the janitor afterward in a private room, and of the fragments of the janitor they took "twelve basketsful."

From Mark Twain's Speeches by Twain, Mark

The roads round Milnthorpe were so full of lovely things hidden away among the mosses, that I proposed to Flurry that we should collect basketsful for Carrie's sick people.

From Esther : a book for girls by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

I think he says his prayers to the dear Lord for having spared him being taken home in seven basketsful to-night.

From In a German Pension by Mansfield, Katherine

In modern Italy basketsful are gathered in the woods of the Apennines, and the Alps.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

They consume five basketsful of frogs and minnows a-day.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various