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Dictionary: busk   (bŭsk) pronunciation
intr.v., busked, busk·ing, busks.
To play music or perform entertainment in a public place, usually while soliciting money.

[Earlier, to be an itinerant performer, probably from busk, to go about seeking, cruise as a pirate, perhaps from obsolete French busquer, to prowl, from Italian buscare, to prowl, or Spanish buscar, to seek, from Old Spanish boscar.]

busker busk'er n.

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Obscure Words: busker
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[Brit] one who entertains esp by singing or reciting on the street or in a pub
WordNet: busker
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing)


Wikipedia: Busk
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Front Claps for corsets

A busk (also spelled busque) is the rigid element of a corset placed at the centre front.

In stays, the corsets worn between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, the busk was intended to keep the front of the corset straight and upright. It was made of wood, ivory, or bone slipped into a pocket and tied in place with a lace called the busk point. These busks were often carved and decorated, or inscribed with messages, and were popular gifts from men to their sweethearts.

In the middle of the nineteenth century, a new form of busk appeared. It was made of two long pieces of steel, one with loops and the other with posts, that functioned in the same way as hook and eye fastenings on a garment [1]. This made corsets considerably easier to put on and take off, as the laces did not have to be loosened as much as when the corset had to go over the wearer's head and shoulders. The second half of the nineteenth century also saw the invention of the spoon busk.


Translations: Busk
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - underholde på gaden, underholde på undergrundsstationen

2.
n. - blanchet, korsetstiver

Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - jouer/chanter (d'un instrument) dans les rues

2.
n. - baleine (d'un corset)

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - auf der Straße für Geld musizieren, (mar.) umherkreuzen

2.
n. - Korsettstäbchen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παίζω μουσικό όργανο σε δημόσιο χώρο (για να εισπράξω χρήματα)
n. - μπαλένα κορσέ

Italiano (Italian)
prepararsi, stecca

Português (Portuguese)
v. - tocar e dançar na rua ou em lugar público para ganhar dinheiro, aprontar, preparar
n. - barbatana (f) do espartilho

Русский (Russian)
играть/петь на улице

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - cantar o tocar música en la calle

2.
n. - interpretación musical

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - uppträda som gatumusikant
n. - planschett

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 沿街卖艺, 以劣等货欺骗乡下人

2. 鲸骨, 钢丝等, 妇女胸衣

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. intr. - 沿街賣藝, 以劣等貨欺騙鄉下人

2.
n. - 鯨骨, 鋼絲等, 婦女胸衣

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - 준비하다

2.
n. - 가슴 부분을 버티는 살대, 코르셋

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 大道芸をする
n. - 胸部の張り枠

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮ניגן במקום ציבורי, אסף נדבות בבידור‬
n. - ‮חוט או רצועה רצועת חיזוק במחוך‬


 
 
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