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buster
noun- pleasure, especially sexual pleasure US
- It’s not a thing you rush through, and it’s important not to leave a girl hanging. She must reach her busters too. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 164, 1973
- something that is excellent US
- — Kenn “Naz” Young, Naz’s Underground Dictionary, p. 18, 1973
- used as a term of address US, 1866
- Lends a self-conscious, old-fashioned tone.
- “You’re grounded, buster!” she screamed. — C.D. Payne, Youth in Revolt, p. 130, 1993
- a fool US
- In other words, “Man, you’re a real buster,” is not a compliment. — Orlando (Florida) Sentinel Tribune, p. E1, 11 May 1995
- — Maybeck High School Yearbook (Berkeley, California), p. 28, 1997
- — Rick Ayers (Editor), Berkeley High Slang Dictionary, p. 15, 2004
- in circus usage, a bad fall US
An allusion to comic actor Joseph “Buster” Keaton. - — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 40, 1981
- a heavy fall from a horse AUSTRALIA, 1878
- — A.B. Paterson, Rio Grande and Other Verses, p. 77, 1902
- Peter told me that in all the years he was on Norley, he never had a buster. — Herb Wharton, Cattle Camp, p. 92, 1994
- a firecracker US
- When the months-old buster blew up, it scattered a profusion of filth everywhere. — John Clellon Holmes, Go, p. 36, 1952
- a hard roll of bread UK
Trawlermen’s term. - — William Mitford, Lovely She Goes, 1969
- any of several tools used by burglars or as weapons US
- — Vincent J. Monteleone, Criminal Slang, p. 49, 1949
- in poker, a card that does not improve a hand US
- — Irv Roddy, Friday Night Poker, p. 216, 1961
- a shoplifter CANADA, 1984
- a strong wind from the south AUSTRALIA, 1873
A shortening of SOUTHERLY BUSTER - on a plane, full power US
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 31, 1991
- a social outcast, a coward US
- [H]e needs to know about every other kid who’s in here with him: who’s a straight killer, who’s a buster (a coward), who can’t open his mouth to speak without lying. — Leon Bing, Do or Die, p. 4, 1991
- The kids across the street, despite their Raiders caps and blue sweat suits, were just busters, just wannabes. — Bob Sipchen, Baby Insane and the Buddha, p. 15, 1993
- In other words, “Man, you’re a real buster,” is not a compliment. — Orlando (Florida) Sentinel Tribune, p. E1, 11 May 1995
- “Either you with it, or you get got. And whatever you do, don’t be a buster.” “Buster?” I ask. “Coward.” — Colton Simpson, Inside the Crips, p. 19, 2005
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