18(?79). Horsley, Jottings from Jail. ‘Fatty Bill, from City Road,
rem. for a bust ex. two years,’ means that William ... has been
compelled to leave his congenial haunts in the City Road, as he is
remanded for a burglary, and anticipates two years’ hard labour.
3. (general.)—A frolic; a spree; a drunken debauch. Cf., To go on the
bust.
1860. Bartlett (quoted in), A Californian Song.
And when we get our pockets full
Of this bright, shinin’ dust,
We’ll travel straight for home again,
And spend it on a bust.