cottager

Example Sentences

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That was not enough to stave off noisy charges that Mulroney was a "cottager," or outsider.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Even the village knows it to its cost; and the poor cottager, in his leaky shed at three shillings a week, is too often encompassed by its toils.

From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Reid, Mayne

Juliet remained confounded; while the tender old cottager shed tears, saying that she had never before had so pretty a companion in her life.

From The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

The old blind cottager, was one who trusted in the Lord, and believed that he did all things well.

From Gleanings by the Way by Clark, John A.