Definition of bustle

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Bustle (n.) 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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Hurly-burly :: Hurly-burly (n.) Tumult; bustle; confusion.
Fluster :: Fluster (v. i.) To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
Pother :: Pother (n.) Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother.
Pannier :: Pannier (n.) A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle..
Clutter :: Clutter (v. i.) To make a confused noise; to bustle.
Ado :: Ado (n.) Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles..
Scuttle :: Scuttle (v. i.) To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
Do :: Do (n.) Ado; bustle; stir; to do.
Bustle :: Bustle (n.) 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..
Bustled :: Bustled (imp. & p. p.) of Bustl.
Flutist :: Flutist (n.) To move about briskly, irregularly, or with great bustle and show, without much result..
Bustle :: Bustle (v. i.) To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd..
Uproar :: Uproar (n.) Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor.
Bishop :: Bishop (n.) An old name for a woman's bustle.
Tournure :: Tournure (n.) Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.
Stir :: Stir (n.) The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
Fuss :: Fuss (n.) A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.
Hurry-skurry :: Hurry-skurry (adv.) Confusedly; in a bustle.
To-do :: To-do (n.) Bustle; stir; commotion; ado.
Coil :: Coil (n.) A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion..
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