Meaning

3 senses
  1. A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.

  2. (broadly)A corset.

  3. (obsolete)A kind of linen.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. How much do you think I could make busking?

  2. I did some busking during the summer.

    ruЯ дал несколько уличных концертов этим летом. — salikh

  3. Though I mainly work as a studio musician, I do a little busking to make some extra money.

    ruХотя я в основном работаю как студийный музыкант, я также иногда даю концерты на улицах, чтобы заработать чуть побольше. — salikh

  4. He started his musical career by busking in the town square.

  5. Tom is in love with the woman who busks at the market.

    deTom ist in die Frau verliebt, die auf dem Markt Straßenmusik macht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Borrowed from French busc, from Italian busco (“splinter”).

Borrowed from French busc, from Italian busco (“splinter”).

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Forms

plural: busks
Singularbusk
Pluralbusks

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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