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basket case definition

basket case

  1. a person lacking all four limbs
  2. a person unable to function, esp. because of emotional disturbance
  3. anything that does not function properly

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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