workfolk
Example Sentences
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The voices and laughs of the workfolk eating and drinking under the rick came to her as if they were a quarter of a mile off.
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
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 Walter Lyon Blease
No saint or philosopher ever betrayed a greater fortitude than these poor and simple workfolk.
From A Short History of English Liberalism by Walter Lyon Blease
"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 Thomas Hardy
To take an instance: There are clothes and shows and so forth, with which I must provide my workfolk.
From The Economist by Henry Graham Dakyns
