QUIZ: Can You Guess What The WWI Trench Slang Means?

Basket Case

Retry Correct Incorrect While we use the term basket case in a lighthearted way today, the slang originally meant a soldier who had lost all their limbs and had to be carried off the battlefield in a basket.

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Basket Case

• A soldier who is in charge of supplies
• Someone who is sent home
• Someone who has lost their limbs
• A person who crumbles under pressure