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
Once upon a time there was a big wedding at a certain farmstead, and a certain cottager was on his way to the wedding-feast.
From The Norwegian Fairy Book by Stroebe, Clara
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 Warner, Susan
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
