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†BUSKIE, BUSKY, adj. Dressy , well-dressed.Bch. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 136:
An' kintra lairds, an buskie cits, A' gather roun' some sumphs, some wits.Ags. 1814 J. Ross Poems, etc. 99:
Sic bletherin betakens a bride unco bonny, Or ane wi' a tocher an busky an a'.
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