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bus⋅by

  [buhz-bee]
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–noun, plural -bies.
1. a tall fur hat with a baglike ornament hanging from the top over the right side.
2. the bearskin hat worn by certain British guardsmen.
Origin:
1755–65; orig., a bushy wig; of obscure orig.
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bus·by   (bŭz'bē)   
n.   pl. bus·bies
A full-dress fur hat of varying shape, worn by hussars in the 19th century and by the foot guard regiments of the British army.

[Possibly from the name Busby.]
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Word Origin & History

busby 
"fur hat worn by hussars on parade," 1807, earlier "a kind of bushy, tall wig" (1764), of unknown origin, though it is both a place name and a surname in England.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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