Definition of "workbasket"
workbasket
noun
plural workbaskets
A basket used to hold materials for needlework, etc.
Quotations
[…] I missed three quarters of blond-lace, and a remnant of muslin, and my silver-thimble; which was the gift of true love. They were all in my work-basket, that I left upon the table in the sarvants-hall when mistresses bell rung […]
1771, Tobias Smollett, “The Expedition of Humphry Clinker”, in London, volume 1, Harrison & Co., published 1785, page 42