busby (ˈbʌzbɪ) ![]() | |
| —n , pl -bies | |
| 1. | a tall fur helmet with a bag hanging from the top to the right side, worn by certain soldiers, usually hussars, as in the British Army |
| 2. | (not in official usage) another name for bearskin |
| [C18 (in the sense: large bushy wig): perhaps from a proper name] | |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |