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busking
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vb. (present participle of busk English)
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
In the United States there have been numerous legal cases about regulations and laws that have decided the rights of buskers to perform in public. Most of these laws and regulations have been found to be unconstitutional when challenged. In the US, free ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1851, slang, described variously as selling articles or obscene ballads in public houses, playing music on the streets, or performing as a sort of informal stand-up comedy act in pubs, perhaps from an earlier word meaning "to cruise as a pirate" (see busker ...
Usage examples of busking.
A few of the real buskers had become inspectors by day, and did their busking at night.
She could take an afternoon from busking, perhaps the Seventh-Day, when people would be going to Church in the morning and spending the afternoon at home.
Guild, so many whores, afraid of being caught and thrown into the workhouse for soliciting without a permit or Guild badge, bought busking permits.
But the ordinance had pretty much cleared the streets of those women who had bought cheaper busking licenses and were using them to cover their other activities.
If Rune and Talaysen wished to play in the streets of the city, or within one of the inns, they could purchase a busking permit and do so, but only Guild musicians and their apprentices would be playing inside the Faire.
She thought of all the cold days in the winter, busking on a corner in Nolton, and had to admit that it would have been more than a temptation.
I said I was thinking about hitting Northern Faire in the fall, maybe stay up in San Fran after, if the busking was good.
They're good musicians, but busking brings in little money in a poor place like this, and they're looking hungry.
Gurd and Tanrose can't leave the bar and Palax and Kaby are out busking on the streets.
And it takes Palax and Kaby enough time and effort to earn money busking, so I don't understand why they then want to spend it on some useless drug.