† Busto

Obs. Pl. -os, (-oes, -o’s). [a. It. busto: see BUST.] = BUST sb.¹ 1.

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1662. J. Bargrave, Pope Alex. VII. (1867), 117. An handsome ancient busto (as called at Rome) of Augustus—that is, the head and shoulders—in brass.

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1732. De Foe, Tour Gt. Brit. (1769), II. 143. A fine busto of Dr. Harvey.

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1754. Richardson, Grandison, VII. v. 20. It is ornamented with pictures … statues, bustoes, bronzes.

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c. 1806. H. K. White, My Study, 68 (1807), II. 50.

	Nor think it aught of a misnomer
	To christen Chaucer’s busto, Homer.

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1863. Sala, Capt. Dang., I. iii. 64. Bustos, pictures, and prints cut in brass.

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