eggcorn? Baskinet

[Wilson Gray]

Darla, aren't you from East Texas, too? I'm from Marshall and I've
been familiar with "baskinet" as an implement for carrying a baby in
since the birth of my first first cousin in 1944. We also had a
"bathinet" for bathing her in. When I was in the Army in the early
'60's, my immediate superior and his wife had a baskinet for their
baby. It caused quite a stir among the indigenous personnel, otherwise
known as "Germans."

-Wilson

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Darla Wells <lethe9 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> My pregnant daughter keeps saying she's getting a "baskinet" for the baby. I
> found 599 g-hits.
> Darla
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