mush-faker n. (also mush-fakir)
An itinerant umbrella repairer, a tinker.
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1899: ‘J. Flynt,’ IV.395 Tramping with Tramps.
Mush-fakir, an umbrella mender. The umbrellas he
collects are frequently not returned.
– Oxford English Dictionary
