Associations to the word «Buskin»
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Wiktionary
BUSKIN, noun. (now historical) A half-boot.
BUSKIN, noun. A type of boot worn by the ancient Athenian tragic actors; tragic drama, tragedy.
BUSKIN, noun. An instrument of torture for the foot; bootikin.
Dictionary definition
BUSKIN, noun. A boot reaching halfway up to the knee.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.