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Buster
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buster
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈbʌstɚ/ GA
en /ˈbʌstə/ RP
Etymology 1
From Austrian en de Buste pockmark, boil, from en la apostema boil, + de -er.
Proper noun
en.
Etymology 2
From en buster.
Proper noun
en male.
A male nickname.
en colloquial variously expressing familiarity, admiration, or hostility en guy, term of address for a man or person.
xix Beginning with a curt “Listen, Buster,” she proceeded to sketch out with admirable clearness the salient points in the situation as she envisaged it [...] “I thought she was splendidly firm.” “Yes, sir.” “It's the red hair that does it, I imagine.” “Yes, sir.” “If anyone had told me that I should live to hear Aubrey Upjohn addressed as ‘Buster’ ...”
en 1994 w:Quentin Tarantino; w:Roger Avary Pulp Fiction The Wolf Harvey Keitel Set this straight, Buster. I'm not here to say "please." I'm here to tell you want to do. And if self-preservation is an instinct you possess, you better fuckin' do it and do it quick.
Anagrams
en berstu Strube Stuber brutes burets rebuts tubers