Bust

or BURST , to tell tales, to SPLIT , to inform. Busting , informing against accomplices when in custody. Buster ( BURSTER ), a small new loaf; “twopenny BUSTER ,” a twopenny loaf. “A penn’orth o’ BEES-WAX (cheese) and a penny BUSTER ,” a common snack at beer shops. A halfpenny loaf is called a “starver.” Buster , an extra size; “what a BUSTER ,” i.e. , what a large one; “in for a BUSTER ,” determined on an extensive frolic or spree. Scotch , BUSTUOUS ; Icelandic , BOSTRA .