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▪ I. busted, a.|ˈbʌstɪd|
[f. bust n.1 + -ed2.]
Having a bust, or breast; chiefly in comb.
1864Tennyson En. Ard. 539 Her full-busted figure-head Stared o'er the ripple feathering from her bows.
▪ II. ˈbusted, ppl. a. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
[f. bust v.2 to burst.]
Burst, broken; bankrupt or ruined; spec. in Poker denoting a flush or straight that one fails to complete (also fig.). Also busted-up.
1837Knickerbocker X. 170 He was a busted man. 1860Harper's Mag. July 278/2 Having lost all he had..on a ‘busted’ bank at a game of poker. 1868M. M. Pomeroy Nonsense xx. 185 Now I'm a gone nutmeg, a busted what-do-you-call-it. 1909‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny vi. 97 The precarious busted flush. Ibid. xiii. 212 There was a buck coon who had drifted down there from a busted-up colored colony. 1919W. S. Maugham Moon & Sixpence xlvii. 198 Busted?.. I'll get you some breakfast. 1920Mulford J. Nelson vi. 58 They took him over to th' SV to set Ol' Arnold's busted laig. 1953A. Upfield Murder must Wait xviii. 161 Damn this busted leg. 1956‘N. Shute’ Beyond Black Stump 205 There's no goddam oil here. This is a dry hole, a busted flush. |