Usually means: Baskets for carrying or storing.
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  1. hampers: Merriam-Webster
  2. hampers: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hampers: Vocabulary.com
  4. Hampers, hampers: Wordnik
  5. hampers: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. hampers: Wiktionary
  7. hampers: Dictionary.com
  8. hampers: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. hampers: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hampers: Legal dictionary

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(Note: See hamper as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hamper)

noun:  A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.
noun:  (uncommon outside New England) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper.
noun:  (UK) A gift basket.
verb:  (transitive) To put into a hamper.
verb:  (transitive) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle.
verb:  To impede in motion or progress.
noun:  A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
noun:  (nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
▸ Also see hamper


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