workfolk

Example Sentences

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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 Gissing, George

Amid a press of homeward-going workfolk, Hilliard clambered to a place on the top and lit his pipe.

From Eve's Ransom by Gissing, George

"We workfolk shall have some lordly junketing to-night," said Cainy Ball, casting forth his thoughts in a new direction.

From Far from the Madding Crowd by Hardy, Thomas

The other workfolk were by this time all gathered under the rick, where the loose straw formed a comfortable retreat.

From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas

No saint or philosopher ever betrayed a greater fortitude than these poor and simple workfolk.

From A Short History of English Liberalism by Blease, Walter Lyon