Hello,
"a basketwork Mini" is how the aristocratic hero of Kyril Bonfiglioli´s "The Mortdecai Trilogy" describes his rival´s car, clearly in an ironic, derogatory way. Still, I don´t get the exact meaning of this "basketwork"; is it "old"? "battered"? "cheap"?
Thank you.
"a basketwork Mini" is how the aristocratic hero of Kyril Bonfiglioli´s "The Mortdecai Trilogy" describes his rival´s car, clearly in an ironic, derogatory way. Still, I don´t get the exact meaning of this "basketwork"; is it "old"? "battered"? "cheap"?
Thank you.