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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper

Etymology

From Medieval Latin hanaperium (“a large vase”), extended from hanapus (“bowl, cup”). Doublet of hamper.

Related phrases

an office of the English court of chancery in which writs relating to the business of the publicand the returns to themwere anciently kept in a hanaper

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