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busk; busked; will busk, will have busked
to "busk"-
it's a old english-englishism.
buskers are street performers, who in a one-person presentation includ
(but are not limited to): comedy, song, spoons-playing, etc. - the
the original "one-man-bands", and could be seen entertaining
people who were "queued up" for the bus. (see
"queue": to wait in an orderly, single-file line for a red
double-decker in a constant drizzle.)
these days, "to busk" means you stand out of the wet in a tube
tunnel (a subway station underpass) and sing "smells like teen
spirit" while(st) flailing away on a battered harmony 6 string, also
a time-honored tradition, now that i think about it...
while a "one man band" now requires at minimum an edp,
boomerang and two headrushes; a gorilla amp and a buttload of stomp
boxes.
plus ca change, baby...
a:c
