Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wearing a busk; stiffened with a busk.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Wearing a busk.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
busk . - adjective Wearing a busk.
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Examples
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One or two of the gang climbed the banks to discover if any bailiffs were on the watch; while the others sat down, and with the help of the turnip lantern "busked" their spears; in other words, fastened on the steel -- or, it might be, merely pieces of rusty iron sharpened into a point at home -- to the staves.
Auld Licht Idyls 1898
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One or two of the gang climbed the banks to discover if any bailiffs were on the watch; while the others sat down, and with the help of the turnip lantern "busked" their spears; in other words, fastened on the steel -- or, it might be, merely pieces of rusty iron sharpened into a point at home -- to the staves.
Auld Licht Idylls 1898
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I busked here before I was old enough to play in bars.
Sea and Symphony 2011
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Ms. Carlile busked here before she was old enough to play in bars.
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The young Chinese friend of hers who busked with his violin on The Drive, a boyish young man with long hair and a beautiful face, and a black hat that was nearly cowboy, had played her a song one day that he had just composed.
The Illuminated Dream Tantra Bensko 2011
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Once i busked in the streets hoping to make money to maybe come to Disney World ... now I performed here.
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Meanwhile, the family busked for a living in the subways.
Unmoored on Land, an Adventurer at Sea Stephen Miller 2011
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In one scene he was busking and putting so much into his singing (aka shouting) that I just thought - wow, he wouldn't last 10 minutes let alone half a day, singing like that on the street, and yes, I know he has busked for real.
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Pearl and the Beard were familiar with subway performances; they had busked as a group earlier in their career.
An Underground Scene, With Great Acoustics Sophia Hollander 2010
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She has busked on the streets of Chicago to write about what its like to sing for your supper.
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