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bustle
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[ˈbʌsl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- move in an energetic and busy manner
(e.g: people clutching clipboards bustled about)
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Origin
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late Middle English: perhaps a variant of obsolete buskle, frequentative of busk ‘prepare’, from Old Norse
[ˈbʌsl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- excited activity and movement
(e.g: all the noise and the traffic and the bustle)
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Origin
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late Middle English: perhaps a variant of obsolete buskle, frequentative of busk ‘prepare’, from Old Norse
[ˈbʌsl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a pad or frame worn under a skirt and puffing it out behind
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Origin
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late 18th century: of unknown origin
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