Definition of Bustee

1. Noun. (India) A slum. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bustee

1. a settlement in India [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bustee

bust one's chops
bust out
bust up
busta
bustamite
bustard
bustard quail
bustards
bustas
bustaurant
bustaurants
busted
busted flush
busted flushes
bustee (current term)
bustees
buster
busters
bustic
busticate
busticated
busticates
busticating
bustics
bustier
bustiers
bustiest
bustin'
bustiness

Literary usage of Bustee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lepcha Land: Or, Six Weeks in the Sikhim Himalayas, by Florence Donaldson by Mrs Florence Donaldson (1900)
"Reaing bustee—The Valley of the Teesta—A halt—We climb the hill to Kalimpong. ... We overtook our vanguard some seven miles on, at a small bustee near the ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1894)
"... bustee, Ward 21. five members were in March last inoculated out of a family ... road bustee, four members out of a family consisting of eleven were ..."

3. The Sanitarian by Medico-Legal Society of New York (1894)
"In this bustee, about the end of March, two fatal cases of cholera and ... The outbreak led to the inoculation of 116 persons in the bustee out of the 200. ..."

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