GR translation: checking out tits ‘n’ asses, waistlines ‘n’ baskets

[Mike Jing]

V653.4-14   But he gets no farther than Nürnberg, where his valise, with
Byron wrapped inside in an alb, is ripped off by a transsectite, a Lutheran
named Mausmacher who likes to dress up in Roman regalia. This Mausmacher,
not content with standing in front of his own mirror making papal crosses,
thinks it will be a really bizarre kick to go out to the Zeppelin field to
a Nazi torchlight rally in full drag, and walk around blessing people at
random. Green torches flaring, red swastikas, twinkling brasses and Father
Mausmacher, checking out tits ‘n’ asses, waistlines ‘n’ baskets, humming a
clerical little tune, some Bach riff, smiling as he moves through the Sieg
Heils and choruses of “Die Fahne Hoch.”

What is the basket in "waistlines ‘n’ baskets"?
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