Bushelman

Quick meaning: Bushelman is a noun meaning (US, archaic, dialect) A tailor's assistant for repairing garments.

Meaning

(US, archaic, dialect) A tailor's assistant for repairing garments.

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

• bushelmen

Synonyms for bushelman

Depending on context, synonyms include busheler.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include haberdasher, buskin, bedeman, sartor, buckler, bodkin.

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