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busker

[ buhs-ker ]

noun

  1. someone who performs on the street or in a public place, especially for money:

    Buskers staked out small areas on the boardwalk to serenade the crowd with old-fashioned favorites and newfangled hits.



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The senator from Texas and the anarchist busker from New York City have a lot more in common than you might expect.

After a stopover in Paris—she briefly worked as a subway busker, singing in Arabic for tips—Grout returned to Morocco.

Busker, a man who sings or performs in a public-house; an itinerant.

As the latter had said, the girl was sleeping still, and Mrs. Busker saw that her position had not changed by a hair's breadth.

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