A hamper refers to one of several related basket-like items. In primarily British usage, it refers to a wicker basket, usually large, that is used for the transport of items, often food. In North Amer
A selection of wicker hampers
Wide-mouthed harvest baskets used by field workers
Picnic hamper containing cutlery and crockery
Christmas Hampers were delivered to Australian troops serving in Libya during the Second World War.
Laundry is the washing of clothing and other textiles, and, more broadly, their drying and ironing as well. Laundry has been part of history since humans began to wear clothes, so the methods by which
Laundry is hung to dry above an Italian street.
Laundry is being done by a woman in the river, near Kiou Ka Cham, Laos
Washhouse in Sanremo, Italy, at about the turn of the 20th century
Washhouse in Cabeção, Portugal, today. Note the two basins and inclined stone lip.