chiefly British
: a person who entertains in a public place for donations
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Our man is an accountant skipping out on a day of work who winds up in a busy square and, inexplicably, begins to dance to the beat of a drumming busker.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 6 June 2025
Its centerpiece is a joyous scene (albeit one laced with poignant undertones) where Chuck (Tom Hiddleston) and a stranger named Janice (Annalise Basso) dance in the street to the drums of a busker (played by a dynamo who goes by the moniker, The Pocket Queen).
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 3 June 2025
Young buskers strum ukuleles outside Brad Walker Pottery on this day, harmonizing to a Jason Mraz song that was popular before they were born.
—John Archibald, Southern Living, 25 May 2025
Still, the city’s demographic transformation has led many to lament its fading identity as a place of street buskers and a cross-dressing, homeless mayoral candidate.
—J. David Goodman, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 6 June 2025
Its centerpiece is a joyous scene (albeit one laced with poignant undertones) where Chuck (Tom Hiddleston) and a stranger named Janice (Annalise Basso) dance in the street to the drums of a busker (played by a dynamo who goes by the moniker, The Pocket Queen).
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 3 June 2025
Young buskers strum ukuleles outside Brad Walker Pottery on this day, harmonizing to a Jason Mraz song that was popular before they were born.
—John Archibald, Southern Living, 25 May 2025
Still, the city’s demographic transformation has led many to lament its fading identity as a place of street buskers and a cross-dressing, homeless mayoral candidate.
—J. David Goodman, New York Times, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for busker
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“Busker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/busker. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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