hamper : Idioms & Phrases

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clothes hamper

  • noun a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried
    voider; laundry basket; clothes basket.
WordNet

food hamper

  • noun a hamper for packing and transporting food
WordNet

main-hamper

Main"-ham`per noun
Etymology
F. main hand (see Main a hand at dice) + E. hamper.
Definitions
  1. A hamper to be carried in the hand; a hand basket used in carrying grapes to the press.
Webster 1913

Top hamper

  • (Naut.), unnecessary spars and rigging kept aloft.
Webster 1913

top-hamper

Top"-ham`per noun
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) The upper rigging, spars, etc., of a ship. Written also top hamper.
    All the ships of the fleet . . . were so encumbered with tophamper, so overweighted in proportion to their draught of water, that they could bear but little canvas, even with smooth seas and light and favorable winds. Motley.
Webster 1913