单词 | bustler |
释义 | bustlern.1 A person who bustles (in various senses of bustle v.1); esp. one who displays fussy activity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss > one who bustles or fusses bustlepatea1652 bustler1653 rouseabout1746 stirabout1837 fuss1875 fusser1884 fuss-box1901 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xviii. 132 This Englishman is a terrible bustler. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 393 An Hypocrite..is a great Bustler in Reformation. 1741 Fatality of Forc'd Marriage 5 His Wife..Was the chief bustler for their daily bread. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 951 Thou bustler in concerns Of little worth. 1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance v. 46 The little sphere..in which we were the prattlers and bustlers of a moment. 1889 Longman's Mag Jan. 231 If anybody had tried to bustle him there would have been a surprise for the bustler. 1904 Windsor Mag. Jan. 282/1 William Clodd was three-and-twenty, a born bustler, very wide awake. 2002 D. D. Heffernan Arrow through Heart (2003) 211 Always a bustler, Ann went into high gear over the next few weeks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † bustlern.2 Obsolete. rare. = bustle n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > contrivance for expanding skirts > bustle, pads, or cushion bum roll1602 roll1602 Scotch bum1607 Scotch fall1607 rump roll1707 rump1710 bustle1786 bustler1787 cushion1806 dress improver1842 improver1844 bishopa1860 tournure1872 1787 Amer. Museum 2 483/1 I hope that the fair of this town will follow the example of their sex in that large..city [sc. London]—no longer disguise their beautiful forms with hoops or bustlers. 1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. II. xlix. 335 There were protuberances on the hips called bustlers, another behind which was called in plain language a rump. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.11653n.21787 |
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