Meaning of bushelman | Babel Free

Definitions

A tailor's assistant for repairing garments.

US, archaic, dialectal

Examples

“The day was before him—a long day in which to discover⟳ something—and this was how he must begin⟳ to discover⟳. He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like⟳, finding two things only which arrested his eye.”

“A merchant tailor has in the same shop⟳ with himself one or more "bushelmen," who repair⟳ garments, and one cutter who cuts all the garments. Besides these, there are usually several "journeymen" tailors in his employ⟳, who come⟳ to the shops for garments and make⟳ them up in their own⟳ homes, unless a "back- shop⟳" is provided a room near by where the tailors work⟳ together, although on separate⟳ garments.”

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