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Examples of busk
busk
She used to busk with River as a three-year-old to raise money for their family.
From the guardian.co.uk
We would all have 36 hours to blag, beg and busk our way around the globe.
From the guardian.co.uk
But more than a decade ago, they went off to Europe to busk in the streets.
From the npr.org
Or can you just send off for the theory and busk it on delivery of your first customer?
From the guardian.co.uk
Their first connection to the outside world was being allowed to busk as young teenagers.
From the post-gazette.com
But it did oblige David Willetts to busk manfully in his place.
From the guardian.co.uk
During this period MacGowan and Finer auditioned unsuccessfully for a licence to busk at Covent Garden.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Every busk pieces are sewn directly on towards the corset.
From the yallsjoynt.com
I actually did busk once, in Central Park in New York.
From the smh.com.au
- Play music in a public place and solicit money for it; "three young men were busking in the plaza"
- A busk (also spelled busque) is the rigid element of a corset placed at the centre front.
- The M40 minibus crash occurred on 18 November 1993, just before midnight. It involved a minibus and a motorway maintenance vehicle. ...
- A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it; A corset; To tack, to cruise about; To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport
- Piece of wood, whalebone, ivory, horn or steel slotted into front of stays to hold the torso erect. The integral front section of c19th corset shaped to control the abdomen, and also its steel stud and eye fastening. ...
- A piece of wood or metal used to stiffen the center front of a corset. A solid wooden busk would be used for 16th, 17th, or 18th century corset. A steel busk with fasteners would be used for Victorian corsets.
- 1. See busking below. 2. (Scot.) to get up, arise.
- Made of either metal or the cartilage from the mouth of a whale and was used to reinforce women's stays, much like a corset, e.g., "whalebone busking was sited in Mary's will, which she bequeathed to her sister Anne."
- Perform (esp. music) for voluntary donations, usually in the street or in subways.
