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bustled

Variant of bustle

intransitive verb, transitive verb bustled, bustling

to hurry busily or with much fuss and bother

Origin: for earlier buskle < ME busken, to prepare, adorn < ON buask, to make onself ready < bua, to prepare (see bondage) + sik, refl. pron.

noun

busy and noisy activity; commotion

Related Forms:

bustlingly adverb

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