Definition of "busked" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of busk. (verb)
• Wearing a busk. (adjective)

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• "One or two of the gang climbed the banks to discover if any bailiffs were on the watch; while the others sat down, and with the help of the turnip lantern "busked" their spears; in other words, fastened on the steel -- or, it might be, merely pieces of rusty iron sharpened into a point at home -- to the staves."
• "Meanwhile, the family busked for a living in the subways."
• "I busked here before I was old enough to play in bars."