bust

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

1) buster2


2) TO BUST

To burst; to fail in business.

Simple persons who have been smarter or earlier in the field of fortune will burst up some fine morning, and leave the road open to others.

-- Blackwood's Mag. April, 1847, p. 498.

I was soon fotch'd up in the victualling line--and I busted for the benefit of my creditors.

-- J. C. Neal, Dolly Jones.

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