"alum-basket" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 182:",
          "text": "There were \"memorials of Margate,\" \"a trifle from Brighton,\" a man and woman made of shells, divers pincushions ingeniously inserted in the same marine abodes, and an alum-basket, which looked as if it would crumble at a touch.",
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        "A small decorative wire basket covered in alum crystals by being dipped in a saturated solution of alum to give a sparkling effect."
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          "crystals",
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          "text": "There were \"memorials of Margate,\" \"a trifle from Brighton,\" a man and woman made of shells, divers pincushions ingeniously inserted in the same marine abodes, and an alum-basket, which looked as if it would crumble at a touch.",
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