basketcase

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A form of basket case — Someone (especially a soldier) who has lost all four limbs.

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Meanings

nounbasketcase (plural basketcases)

plural basketcases

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of basket case.

    The financial crisis turned my husband into a modern-day migrant labourer – and me into a needy, horny, stay-at-home basketcase.

    2009 March 5, Rachel Shukert, “Help! The economy stole my spouse”, in Toronto Star
Cite this entry
APA

basketcase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basketcase

MLA

“basketcase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basketcase. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “basketcase,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basketcase.

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