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busk       [buhsk] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used without object)
1.Chiefly British. to entertain by dancing, singing, or reciting on the street or in a public place.
2.Canadian. to make a showy or noisy appeal.

[Origin: 1850–55; perh., if earlier sense was “to make a living by entertaining,” < Polari < It buscare to procure, get, gain < Sp buscar to look for, seek (of disputed orig.)]

busker, noun
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busk       (bŭsk)  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   busked, busk·ing, busks
To play music or perform entertainment in a public place, usually while soliciting money.


[Earlier, to be an itinerant performer, probably from busk, to go about seeking, cruise as a pirate, perhaps from obsolete French busquer, to prowl, from Italian buscare, to prowl, or Spanish buscar, to seek, from Old Spanish boscar.]

busk'er n.
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busker

noun
a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money 

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