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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Busker, n. [f. Busk v.] (See quotation.) —1568 Sir F. Knollys Cornhill Mag. (1867) 48.
She [Q. Mary] praysed Mystres Marye Ceaton for being the fynest busker, that is to say, the fynest dresser of a woman's heade or heare, that is to be seen in any countrye
