plowman

Example Sentences

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Nick Belles, 26, a plowman clearing commercial lots in Buffalo’s south towns, said he got a total of three hours of sleep during a three-day stretch.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2022

But at the time, it was seen as very democratic, which is why you have a milkmaid poet and a plowman poet.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2016

Boötes, the plowman, might as well be a saucepan, and Lyra, the musical instrument, looks to me like a fry basket.

From Slate • Jul. 12, 2012

By that time the plowman and his instrument were rooted in the American myth, a symbol of hard work, virtue and abundance that fed and freed most other Americans for pursuits beyond the farm.

From Time Magazine Archive

Catelyn spied a second camp strung out along the bank north of the Tumblestone, familiar standards flapping in the wind—Marq Piper's dancing maiden, Darry's plowman, the twining red-and-white snakes of the Paeges.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin