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Search phrase: buss

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CoriolanusCor III.ii.75Thy knee bussing the stones – for in such businessThy Knee bussing the stones: for in such businesse
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.263Thou dost give me flattering busses.Thou do'st giue me flatt'ring Busses.
Henry IV Part 22H4 III.i.11And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber,And huisht with bussing Night, flyes to thy slumber,
Julius CaesarJC II.iv.18I heard a bustling rumour like a fray,I heard a bussling Rumor like a Fray,
King JohnKJ III.iv.35And buss thee as thy wife. Misery's love,And busse thee as thy wife: Miseries Loue,
Richard IIIR3 I.i.152And leave the world for me to bustle in!And leaue the world for me to bussle in.
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.v.220Yond towers, whose wanton tops do buss the clouds,Yond Towers, whose wanton tops do busse the clouds,

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busskiss
busskiss wantonly, smack against
ear-bussingear-kissing, reaching the ear only as rumours

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BUSSBASICbuss n, buss v, ear-bussing adj
EARSPEECHear-bussing adj

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