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bustee
or bus·ti
[ buhs-tee ]
noun
, India.
- a small settlement; village.
- a slum.
bustee
/ ˈbʌstiː /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bustee1
1880–85; < Hindi bastī, akin to basnā to dwell
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Example Sentences
Bustee's body was stolen at night by his son, and Guyadut's was sold to his family by the soldiers.
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Finally the bustee-wallahs agreed to stop operations and await legal judgment.
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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.
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This outbreak led to the inoculation of one hundred and sixteen persons in the bustee out of about two hundred.
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