workfolk
Example Sentences
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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
Tess waited outside the door of the farmhouse till the group of workfolk had received their wages, and then Marian introduced her.
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
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
Long before daylight he awoke at the sound of bells, and hootings, and whistlings, which summoned the Dudley workfolk to their labour.
From Eve's Ransom by George Gissing
