bustee

or bus·ti

[ buhs-tee ]

/ ˈbʌs ti /

noun India.

a small settlement; village.

a slum.

Nearby words

bust-up, bustamante, bustard, bustard quail, busted, bustee, buster, buster brown collar, buster collar, busticate, bustier

Origin of bustee

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

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Examples 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 & 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

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