bustee

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A form of basti — A slum.

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Meanings

nounbustee (plural bustees)

plural bustees

  1. IndiaalternativeAlternative spelling of basti.

    There is a dreary bustee in the neighbourhood which is said to make the most of any cholera that may be going.

    1891, Rudyard Kipling, The City Of Dreadful Night

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

beetusEbetsu
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APA

bustee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bustee

MLA

“bustee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bustee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bustee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bustee.

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