cottager
Example Sentences
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Contented account of how the author succeeded in her early ambition to become a Roman Catholic, a Sussex cottager, a prolific novelist.
From Time Magazine Archive
That was not enough to stave off noisy charges that Mulroney was a "cottager," or outsider.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is a widespread story of a fairy woman who begs a cottager not to throw water out at the doorstep, as it falls down her chimney.
From Ulster Folklore by Elizabeth Andrews
A poor cottager in one of our country villages, some years ago, out of curiosity, came to one of our mission festivals.
From Pine Needles by Susan Warner
He then related very minutely how Henry and he had climbed the rocky side of Benarde; and, from a crag midway in the precipice, had rescued the whole wealth of a Highland cottager.
From Discipline by Mary Brunton
