cottage

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An old Glenlednock farmer still living in the parish informs us that in his recollection there were thirty-six tenants with their cottars, where there are now five and a few shepherds.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.

At that time, say 1830, Torthorwald was a busy and thriving village, and comparatively populous, with its cottars and crofters, large farmers and small farmers, weavers and shoemakers, doggers and coopers, blacksmiths and tailors.

From The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals by Paton, James

Still more wretched is the condition of the cottars and squatters.

From Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 by Various

The best were selected for the use of the principal farmers, the others divided among their shepherds, cottars, dependants, and others of inferior rank who attended.

From Guy Mannering by Scott, Walter, Sir

There were many lendermen, and a great many powerful bondes; but the great mass consisted of labourers and cottars.

From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson