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单词 bustee
释义

bustee

or bus·ti

[ buhs-tee ]
/ ˈbʌs ti /

noun India.

a small settlement; village.
a slum.

Origin of bustee

1880–85; <Hindi bastī, akin to basnā to dwell

Words nearby bustee

bust, bust a gut, Bustamante, bustard, busted, bustee, buster, Buster Brown collar, buster collar, busticate, bustier
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Example sentences from the Web for bustee

  • This outbreak led to the inoculation of one hundred and sixteen persons in the bustee out of about two hundred.

    The Popular Science Monthly, July, 1900|Various
  • Bustee's body was stolen at night by his son, and Guyadut's was sold to his family by the soldiers.

    A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I &amp; II|William Sleeman
  • It may open on to a courtyard common to two or more houses, or it may lie behind any one of the gates of Jitha Megji's bustee.

    The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition|Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for bustee

bustee

busti

/ (ˈbʌstiː) /

noun

variant spellings of basti
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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