bustee

or bus·ti

[ buhs-tee ]

/ ˈbʌs ti /

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noun India.

a small settlement; village.

a slum.

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Origin of bustee

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

Words nearby bustee

bust, bust a gut, Bustamante, bustard, busted, bustee, buster, Buster Brown collar, buster collar, busticate, bustier

How to use bustee in a sentence

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
Finally the bustee-wallahs agreed to stop operations and await legal judgment.
Ranching, Sport and Travel|Thomas Carson
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
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

British Dictionary definitions for bustee

bustee

busti

/ (ˈbʌstiː) /

noun

variant spellings of basti

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