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"buster" Definition

  1. (BURSTER), a small new loaf; “twopenny BUSTER,” a twopenny loaf. “A penn’orth o’ BEES-WAX (cheese) and a penny BUSTER,” a common snack at beershops. A halfpenny loaf is called a “starver.”
  2. an extra size; “what a BUSTER,” _i.e._, what a large one; “in for a BUSTER,” determined on an extensive frolic or spree. _Scotch_, BUSTUOUS; _Icelandic_, BOSTRA.

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Position in the dictionary: 445 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: bustle, busy-sack, butcha, butcher, butcher’s mourning, butter, butter-fingered, button, buttoner, buttons
Previous words in the dictionary: bust, busker, busk, business, bus, bury a moll, burra, burke, burerk, burdon’s hotel

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