workfolk

Example Sentences

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But the act of the Lancashire workfolk was done in cold blood, and in defiance of every natural impulse.

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

The voices and laughs of the workfolk eating and drinking under the rick came to her as if they were a quarter of a mile off.

From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas

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

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

To take an instance: There are clothes and shows and so forth, with which I must provide my workfolk.

From The Economist by Dakyns, Henry Graham