Definition of busker
chiefly British
: a person who entertains in a public place for donations
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Oh, the show's producers do their darndest to enliven things with local flavor, indulging brief (and woefully cliched) glimpses of French Quarter buskers, streetcars, steaming gumbo and the like.
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Chalk art dominated parts of Mass Street, blocked off to vehicle traffic for the day, as buskers played on the corners and KU fans shopped the sidewalk sales on a sunny festival-like Saturday afternoon.
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The free music, educational, art and photographic exhibit will feature buskers of all types.
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Eight of the buskers, including Gilday, were competing for the 2018 People’s Choice Award.
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In Nashville, even the buskers have exceptional talent.
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Hollywood Boulevard will be reopened to tourists and buskers.
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Boutiques, restaurants, and buskers give the marketplace a vital (and hectic) feel.
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Would-be buskers have to prove themselves through a rigorous audition process judged by expert musicians and subway managers, according to Langfitt.
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Origin and Etymology of busker
busk, probably from Italian buscare to procure, gain, from Spanish buscar to look for
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