goodman

One evening the goodman came home, at a late hour, full of wonderment.

From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by J. O. (James Orchard) Halliwell-Phillipps

Not I, ma'am, if I had it to ask for, as your goodman has.

From Ovington's Bank by Stanley J. Weyman

"Yes," she said, "so I am; only just now my goodman is out fishing, and as he's rather late, it makes me anxious."

From The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde and Other Stories by Mary de Morgan

"But at any rate you will sup with us," said the goodman.

From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Honor? de Balzac

The price of wheat, goodman Dickon?—how fatten your pigs?—will the fine weather last, think you?

From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black

Pleasant it is to think of the church appearance of the Puritan goodmen and goodwives.

From Sabbath in Puritan New England by Alice Morse Earle

But when they came to the gate of the Thorp, there were assembled the goodmen and swains to meet them with torches and wine in their honour. 

From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by William Morris

A strange old piece, goodmen — whirled about from here to yonder, as if I were nothing!

From Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Moreover the goodmen and swains of the said township were no ill folk, but bold of heart, free of speech, and goodly of favour; and the women of them fair, kind, and trusty.

From Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair by William Morris

Ho, Phyllis and Kate and bonny Nell Come hither, and buffet the goodmen well, An they gather not for hall and hearth, Fair bays to grace the evening mirth.

From In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World by Harrison S. (Harrison Smith) Morris