Busk (disambiguation)
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A busk is an element of a corset.
Look up busk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
A busk may also refer to a flexible metal smoothing tool used in the plastering trade. It can also be, usually in Britain, to entertain by dancing, singing, or reciting on the street or in a public place. In Canada it can be to make a showy or noisy appeal.
Its origin could be from 1850–55 in the definition of “to make a living by entertaining." Its origin could also be from the French busquare or the Italian buscare, which mean to prowl. Also, it could be from the Spanish buscar or Old Spanish boscar which mean to seek.
Busk may also refer to these placenames:
- Busk, Cumbria, England
- Busk, Greater Manchester, England
- Busk, Ukraine
or to the 19th century surgeon and scientist George Busk.

