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noun 
  1. a basket
  2. a beehive made of straw or wicker
  • 1977: He prised a from its stool and held it out, inverted, showing the dirty wreck of combs, with the vile grubs spinning their cocoons. " Patrick O'Brian, The Mauritius Command
Etymology: Late Old English sceppe, from Old Norse skeppa "basket".


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