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busker

buh sker

  • n  a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money

  • And wherever you go, there is music, in the endless strips of "videoke" lounges, pouring forth from bars and clubs, and in the broken strains of a busker's ukulele.
  • One time we had a Hungarian here who did a busker dance.
  • All good movie musicals give us a lovable character to invest in in Once it's Hansard's tender, awkward busker, in Hairspray Blonsky's cheerful teen reformer and Travolta's well .
News & Articles

  • Couple team for ‘renovative thinking’
    “Even when a house is not livable, it has a heartbeat,” said Ellie Busker, a partner with husband Christian Busker in Renovative Thinking, a design, renovation, and real estate investment firm. “There
    June 11, 2013 - West University Examiner
Quotes

  • Keith Richards in InTheNews.co.uk
    It's kind of weird because I'm just a guitar player,Richards said. "My grandfather used to play violin for the crowds here, he was a busker, so in a way it's one for granddad."
  • Simon Cowell in Point-Spreads.com
    Simon said, "I tell you who I like, I like this girl Crystal," Cowell said. "When I first saw her, I described her as a busker, and I liked the way she handled that, because she admitted that's what she was. But she's got some confidence now....
  • Glen Hansard in International Herald Tribune
    Hansard said backstage that he got a congratulatory text message from his countryman, Bono, that read: "A busker who plays the Oscars - that's the poetry."

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