What does "bustle" mean?
Bustle: To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd. And leave the world for me to bustle in. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement. A strange bustle and disturbance in the world. South.
- 3.A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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