bussy
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bussy1
First recorded in 2000–05; b(oy) ( def. ) + (p)ussy 2 ( def. )
Origin of bussy2
First recorded in 1885–90; buss ( def. ) + -y 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The story is based on a novel of the same title by Dorothy Bussy, published in 1949, before its film release in France in 1951.
From New York Times
“Then I found it boring, I looked for other things. I found that the flute was too limiting,” Mr. Schneider said, according to Pascal Bussy’s book “Kraftwerk: Man, Machine and Music.”
From Washington Post
Based on a novel by Dorothy Bussy, “Olivia” was released in the United States as “Pit of Loneliness,” thus creating an association with the once notorious novel of lesbian passion “Well of Loneliness.”
From New York Times
“It looks like any other space that I’ve created or lived in with my past two apartments, just less ‘bussy,’” she joked.
From Washington Times
At the 2007 BMW Open near Chicago, then-caddie Matthew "Bussy" Tritton dumped the bag near the seventh tee, removed his bib and walked off.
From Reuters
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