bathinet/baskinet

[Amy West]

Nope. It was a real thing. My grandmother had one for my mother and
her siblings. (Belmont, MA, 1930s). My understanding is that it was a
stand-alone basin with a top cover for laying the baby down. I never
saw the object. But it was distinctly different from a basinet.

Baskinet looks like a blend to me: either of basket or Baskin-Robbins
(:-)) and basinet. Is that an intrusive -k-?

---Amy West

>Date:    Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:26:17 -0500
>From:    Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at GMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: eggcorn? Baskinet
>
>Bathinet sounds like another candidate for eggcornacy.
>
>Herb

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