busk(bŭsk) intr.v. busked, busk·ing, busks
1. To play music or perform entertainment in a public place, usually while soliciting money.
[Earlier, to be an itinerant performer, probably from busk, to go about seeking, cruise as a pirate, perhaps from obsolete French busquer, to prowl, from Italian buscare, to prowl, or Spanish buscar, to seek, from Old Spanish boscar.]
busk'er n.
There was an article today in our local paper about an engaged couple that planned to spend the next two year roaming the world as street performers. They are both college graduates...26 years old...
I can just imagine the conversation with their parents:
"Mom, Dad, we really appreciate all of your great support through the years. The thousands and thousands of dollars you spent on college. We would now like to thumb our noses at you as we take off for a couple of years to try our hand at busking."
I can think of a much better way to spend two years. Thanks Andrew and Nathan. I like your choice better.
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I learned that word in that book by that author of About a Boy++the one we were passing around in Hawaii...
Oh boy. I can't imagine the conversation with the parents. Maybe they'll earn enough to pay for their own wedding. haha
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