dog basket
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
A container holding the remnants of meals from the cabin.
Register: archaic, slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
[…] and would look with quiet scorn on his less punctilious shipmates when they made a rush at the cuddy "dog basket."
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “dog basket” mean?
A container holding the remnants of meals from the cabin.
Is “dog basket” formal or informal?
dog basket is generally archaic, slang.