busker
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- noun
- /ˈbʌskər/
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músico callejero
- In the golden afternoon, the cafes swirl with life and the buskers are jamming their hearts out, audience or no.
- street buskers
Heaven's busker playing your sad, your same, your only heir.
- Heaven's busker playing your sad, your same, your only heir.
Examples
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Small groups gathered around street buskers who danced, sang, fiddled, juggled, or made grotesque faces at the curious.
Fiction book (1990) -
You remember the buskers asking for change.
Blog text (16) -
My uncle is a busker.
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The idea of Paris is that the busker smiles when I reach for a coin.
Blog text (23) -
A couple of buskers provide a musical score for the political spiel.
Fiction book (2002) -
The buskers start playing a snappier tune.
Fiction book (2002) -
In between the songs, I asked him questions about his life and about becoming a busker in London, where you must audition to get a busking license.
Blog text (3) -
Pubs, cafés, bookshops, and buskers line the streets.
Blog text (7) -
Hansard performed a few solo songs with his old guitar, a beloved relic from his days as a busker in Dublin, the guitar instantly recognizable by the hole worn through its top by years of playing.
Blog text (18) -
As she walked through the city, she stopped to listen to a talented busker playing the guitar on the sidewalk.
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Etymology
Busker comes from the verb busk, which comes from Spanish buscar meaning 'to seek' or 'to look for'. So a busker is someone who 'seeks' money by performing in public, which is why buskers play on streets or in stations for donations.