A fee or payment made for work done or goods sold, especially by a tailor for altering or repairing clothes.
From 'bushel' (in the sense of repairing or mending, possibly from Dutch 'booselen') plus '-age' (indicating a fee or practice). Historical commercial term.
Before dry cleaning existed, tailors charged 'bushelage' to repair clothes—the word reveals a forgotten economy where skilled workers made money mending garments rather than making new ones.
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