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CTL-W-0265 · Work · 1980s

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Combined Graph record U-00666 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0265. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Tony Thorne, Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 3rd ed. (A&C Black, 2005), entry fetched in full via a re-hosted excerpt: 'busted adj 1. caught out 2. ugly — Man that chick is just plain busted.' Both stored senses ('ugly; also caught') given verbatim.

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Tony Thorne, Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 3rd ed. (A&C Black, 2005), entry fetched in full via a re-hosted excerpt: 'busted adj 1. caught out 2. ugly — Man that chick is just plain busted.' Both stored senses ('ugly; also caught') given verbatim.

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Tony Thorne, Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 3rd ed. (A&C Black, 2005), entry fetched in full via a re-hosted excerpt: 'busted adj 1. caught out 2. ugly — Man that chick is just plain busted.' Both stored senses ('ugly; also caught') given verbatim.

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