bustle
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bustle1
▶verb move in an energetic and busy manner.
■ (often as adj. bustling) (of a place) be full of activity.
▶noun excited activity and movement.– origin ME: perh. a var. of obs. buskle, frequentative of busk ‘prepare’, from ON.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bustle2
▶noun historical a pad or frame worn under a skirt to puff it out behind.
– origin C18: of unknown origin.
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