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basket case Fig. a person who is a nervous wreck. (Formerly referred to a person who is physically disabled in all four limbs because of paralysis or amputation.) After that all-day meeting, I was practically a basket case. My weeks of worry were so intense that I was a real basket case afterwards. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Bosnia's economy is falling behind even that of neighboring Albania, a country that, until recently, was known as a basket case. I don't see anything so different about you to see that you're a basket case or hopeless. And about this flying thing: Kornheiser really is a basket case when it comes to strapping himself in a tin projectile that has no emergency exit. |
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