"handbasket" meaning in English

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        {
          "word": "to hell in a handbasket"
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          "word": "to heck in a handbasket"
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          "text": "I have always wondered how the world, which is very large, can fit into something as small as a handbasket. To deepen my confusion, I’m not even sure I know what a handbasket is. Aren’t all baskets in fact handbaskets, and if they are, isn’t the prefix hand wholly unnecessary? We should probably say: “The world is going to hell in a basket,” although that sounds even worse, doesn’t it?",
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        "A basket with a handle."
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