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the tiny basket that exists solely to overcharge you for strawberries
means A small, light basket or box used to hold and sell soft fruit like strawberries, raspberries, or mushrooms.
from English, dating to the early 19th century, of uncertain origin — quite possibly a diminutive of 'pun,' a dialect word for a round pad or punnet-like basket, with the '-et' adding its tiny, fruit-cradling smallness. Beyond that the trail goes cold, which is fitting for a word as humble as the basket it names.
- name origin
- likely from 'pun,' an old word for a weight
- vented design
- holes stop condensation rotting fruit faster
- market unit
- sold by basket, not weight, for centuries
- berry standard
- a quintessentially British retail measure
for instance
punnet square — reginald punnett's 1905 genetic prediction grid used to calculate mendelian inheritance ratios
british strawberry punnet — traditional 400g cardboard container used at farmers markets and shops throughout uk since 1960s