Date:  Sat, 21 Oct 1995 12:28:57 -0500

From:  Gerald Walton <vcgw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SUNSET.BACKBONE.OLEMISS.EDU>

Subject: Scrap Basket



In Memphis this week a person asked a clerk in a drug store if she had a

scrap basket. The clerk didn't understand the question until another

customer said, "She means a waste basket. Somebody else said, "It's been a

long time since I have heard 'scrap basket.'" I knew the meaning by the

context, but I don't know that I can remember hearing "scrap basket" before.

Is it widely used? (_American Heritage_ defines it as "For the collection or

disposal of scrap.") GWW