workfolk

Example Sentences

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But the act of the Lancashire workfolk was done in cold blood, and in defiance of every natural impulse.

From A Short History of English Liberalism by Blease, Walter Lyon

Amid a press of homeward-going workfolk, Hilliard clambered to a place on the top and lit his pipe.

From Eve's Ransom by Gissing, George

Tess waited outside the door of the farmhouse till the group of workfolk had received their wages, and then Marian introduced her.

From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas

"We workfolk shall have some lordly junketing to-night," said Cainy Ball, casting forth his thoughts in a new direction.

From Far from the Madding Crowd by Hardy, Thomas

The other workfolk were by this time all gathered under the rick, where the loose straw formed a comfortable retreat.

From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas