Bustle

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.

II. Bustle ·vi To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.

III. Bustle ·noun A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts;

— called also bishop, and tournure.

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