bathinet/baskinet

[Herb Stahlke]

I've probably heard "bathinet" before, but when I was a child in
Michigan we had a bassinet for my younger sister, and we had bassinets
for our three.  They fit Amy's description.

Herb

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:
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> 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
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>>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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