Busk (disambiguation)

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A Busk is an element of a corset. Busk is also a surname and a place, it may refer to:

• Spoon busk, a specialised kind of busk

Busk may also refer to:

People

• Busk (surname)

Places

• Busk, Cumbria, a locality in Cumbria, England
• Busk, Greater Manchester, a locality in Greater Manchester, England
• Busk, Ukraine
• Stalling Busk, a district in North Yorkshire

Definition

• A busk may also refer to a flexible metal smoothing tool used in the plastering trade.
• It can also be, usually in Britain, to entertain by dancing, singing, or reciting on the street or in a public place.
• In Canada it can be to make a showy or noisy appeal.
• The origin of 'busk' could also be from the French: busquare or the Italian: buscare which mean to prowl. It may be from the Spanish: buscar or Old Spanish boscar which mean to seek. It may also be, in the 1850–55 definition of "to make a living by entertaining"

See also

• Busking