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bush⋅el⋅man

[boosh-uhl-muhn, -man]
–noun, plural -men [-muhn, -men] .
a person who alters or repairs garments; busheler.

Origin:
1840–50; bushel 2 + man 1
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bush·el 2   (bŏŏsh'əl)   
tr.v.   bush·eled or bush·elled, bush·el·ing or bush·el·ling, bush·els
To alter or mend (clothing).

[Probably from German bosseln, to do odd jobs, alteration (perhaps influenced by bosseln, to emboss) of basteln, to rig up, mend, probably from Bast, bast fiber (used to make rope), from Middle High German bast, from Old High German.]
bush'el·er, bush'el·ler n., bush'el·man (-mən) n.
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