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Etymology

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From bustle +‎ -some.

Adjective

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bustlesome (comparative more bustlesome, superlative most bustlesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by bustling; full of activity
    • 1880, Judy, Or the London Serio-comic Journal:
      After a brief but bustlesome trial of my powers as a backgammoner, I took a back row, and she told people round about what she thought of me.