Definition of Busking

1. Verb. (present participle of busk) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Busking

1. busk [v] - See also: busk

Lexicographical Neighbors of Busking

businesswoman
businesswomen
businessworthiness
businessworthy
businessy
busing
busings
busked
busker
buskers
busket
buskets
buskin
buskined
busking (current term)
buskings
buskins
busks
busky
busless
buslike
busload
busloads
busman
busman's holiday
busman's holidays
busmen
buspirone
buspirone hydrochloride

Literary usage of Busking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of Modern Shop Practice: A Manual of Shop Practice, Pattern edited by Howard Monroe Raymond (1904)
"The first article for consideration is the brass busking flanged at one end, illustrated in Fig. 139. This bushing is to be finished all over, ..."

2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"It did the business for George. It aroused attention, and created instant sympathy.—Timothy Flint, ' George Mason,' p. 81 (Boston). busking. Searching. ..."

3. A General Dictionary of Provincialisms by William Holloway (1840)
"busking, part. act. Women running against each others' busks by way of provocation are said to be " busking" in Somerset. To BUSK, ra Fowls, pheasants,!and ..."

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