_busker_ n
busker n Query Bill: will you review and decide if J's note below needs to be incorporated? OED Bush v� sense 6 has "dispatch, hurry, hasten" and even the ME usage (in _Gawain_) - see sense I. 1 (OED) has the notion of _speedy_, _vigorous_, _urgent_ preparation-- Add to etym?? J. The...
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| Language: | English |
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1978
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11784 |
| Summary: | busker n Query Bill: will you review and decide if J's note below needs to be incorporated? OED Bush v� sense 6 has "dispatch, hurry, hasten" and even the ME usage (in _Gawain_) - see sense I. 1 (OED) has the notion of _speedy_, _vigorous_, _urgent_ preparation-- Add to etym?? J. The proximate sources are given. 21/8/78 Used I Used I Withdrawn Not clear if this card belongs in the withdrawn drawer since it refers to sense 1 of busker n in the DNE. |
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