bustle
verb (used without object)
to move or act with a great show of energy (often followed byabout ).
bustler
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a word derived from
bustle.
Example Sentences
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To Ryan Harris, the four-square bustler, went the spoils, adding four more wickets to that of Alastair Cook, and, with the last ball of the third day, Paul Collingwood.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 19, 2010
There is no more active bustler on the floor of the exchange than Nephew Cutten.
From Time Magazine Archive
For this Englishman is a terrible bustler and horrible coil-keeper.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 by Peter Anthony Motteux
The bustler, hoping a reward, Runs skipping up.
From The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Henry T. (Henry Thomas) Riley
Though wife is such a bustler, 'Tis I that am the hustler, For I work when there's nothing to do!
From Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners by Louis Agassiz Fuertes
