What does alms basket mean?
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alms bas·ket
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Alms-basketnoun
The basket in which provisions are put to be given away.
Etymology: from alms and basket.
There sweepings do as well,
As the best order’d meal;
For who the relish of these guests will sit,
Needs set them but the alms-basket of wit. Ben Jonson.We’ll stand up for our properties, was the beggar’s song that lived upon the alms-basket. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of alms basket in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of alms basket in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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