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
We seldom met anyone afoot in those days except, now and then, the cottager who lived in a thatched hut down in one of the multitude of hollows.
From My Little Sister by Robins, Elizabeth
At first he draws a faithful picture of the cottager, the farmer, the gamekeeper, the poacher; the pictures are set in appropriate scenery; by degrees the figures vanish and the setting remains.
From The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies by Besant, Walter, Sir
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
