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Busk   Listen
verb
Busk  v. i.  (past & past part. busked)  
1.
To entertain people for money in a public place, by dancing, singing, playing a musical instrument, or reciting. (Chiefly Brit.)
2.
To make a noisy or showy appeal.





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"Busk" Quotes from Famous Books



... down to the kitchen for a slattern as thou art, and wash thee and busk [dress] thee ere thou open the door to any again!" said a rather shrill, yet not unpleasant, voice behind Deb; and that damsel disappeared with prompt celerity. "The maid is enough to provoke all the saints in the calendar. Isoult, sweet heart, be a thousand times welcomed!" ...
— Robin Tremain - A Story of the Marian Persecution • Emily Sarah Holt
... tell thee when he cometh. Listen!" said he, as a confused clattering sounded in the court-yard without. "Yonder are the horses now. They come presently. Busk thee with thy ...
— Men of Iron • Ernie Howard Pyle


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