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单词 bustee
释义 bustee|ˈbʌstiː|
Also busti.
[Hindustani bastī dwelling.]
A village: ‘applied in Calcutta to the separate groups of huts in the humbler native quarters’ (Yule).
1883Sat. Rev. 8 Sept. 301/2 Collections of huts, which are known as ‘Bustees’.1885Daily Tel. 25 Dec., No cases of cholera were found in the squalid bustees round several tanks.1907Westm. Gaz. 16 Sept. 8/3 A large tiger..lurking among the ‘bustis’.1960‘S. Harvester’ Chinese Hammer xxv. 202 Bustee hovels and sugar-cake temples..Calcutta.1963Times 30 May 13/6 In bustees—as the shanty towns where 25 per cent of the population live are called—..fresh, clean water is never available.
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