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Definition of bustee in English: busteenoun ˈbʌstiːbəsˈtē Indian A slum area or shanty town. Example sentencesExamples - In the bustees, or slums, the real victims were working out their own unrealisable compensation claims.
- As the plant expanded and changed over to the more dangerous production of pesticides, bustees burgeoned around its periphery.
- This bustee is a camp, called ‘New Life Colony,’ for refugees from East Bengal.
- The consequences of ill-health for bustee dwellers are examined and the coping strategies employed are described.
- On Sundays she would visit the poor in the bustees, the slums areas of Calcutta.
- The target is 18,700 new water taps for the bustees providing 20 gallons of water per head per day.
- We took a little boat out and I demonstrated my inability to row for more than ten minutes as we passed the small shanty (or ‘bustee’) communities which line the waterways of the city.
- The first few bustees that came in for attention were the ones where the population comprised mostly of Company employees.
- Even among the Dalits their number does not attract political leaders to come to their bustees and seek vote.
Origin From Hindi bastī 'dwelling'. Rhymes busty, crusty, dusty, fusty, gusty, lusty, musty, rusty, trusty Definition of bustee in US English: busteenounbəsˈtē Indian A slum area or shanty town. Example sentencesExamples - The consequences of ill-health for bustee dwellers are examined and the coping strategies employed are described.
- On Sundays she would visit the poor in the bustees, the slums areas of Calcutta.
- As the plant expanded and changed over to the more dangerous production of pesticides, bustees burgeoned around its periphery.
- The first few bustees that came in for attention were the ones where the population comprised mostly of Company employees.
- We took a little boat out and I demonstrated my inability to row for more than ten minutes as we passed the small shanty (or ‘bustee’) communities which line the waterways of the city.
- Even among the Dalits their number does not attract political leaders to come to their bustees and seek vote.
- The target is 18,700 new water taps for the bustees providing 20 gallons of water per head per day.
- This bustee is a camp, called ‘New Life Colony,’ for refugees from East Bengal.
- In the bustees, or slums, the real victims were working out their own unrealisable compensation claims.
Origin From Hindi bastī ‘dwelling’. |