homefolk

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Our homefolk always call it the Danes, or the Denes, which is no more, they tell me, than a hollow place, even as the word "den" is.

From Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

Our homefolk always call it the Danes, or the Denes, which is no more, they tell me, than a hollow place, even as the word 'den' is.

From Lorna Doone; a Romance of Exmoor by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

Each took his firelock, bullet pouch, and powder horn from their hooks above the fireplace, and, bidding brief farewell to homefolk, set forth to the appointed meeting place.

From Vermont A Study of Independence by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)