bustee
Americannoun
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a small settlement; village.
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a slum.
noun
Etymology
Origin of bustee
1880–85; < Hindi bastī, akin to basnā to dwell
Example Sentences
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At the end of March, two people died of cholera in the Kattal Bagan bustee, signalling a new outbreak.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2020
Haffkine travelled to the bustee and inoculated 116 of the 200 or so inhabitants.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2020
On the opposite side of the road the houses from No. 44 to Smith, Stanistreet & Co., and extending round the corner into Camac Street including No. 4/1, are also built on reclaimed bustee land.
From Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century by Massey, Montague
Close to Lucky Cherra Garden was a tract of bustee land on which some Bengali cultivators grew rice and other crops.
From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Carson, Thomas
I must not forget to say that these two houses formed a cul-de-sac and that on the other side as far as I remember was bustee land.
From Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century by Massey, Montague
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