dalesmen
- plural of dalesman.
Example Sentences
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There are a good many dalesmen in my company, and none of us enjoy anything more than a fair throw or an in-lock.”
From A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
A tie like that of family blood is involuntarily imposed upon the little community of dalesmen.
From Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
These factions embroiled the dalesmen until the 18th century.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
Dixon wrote of several men he had met, chiefly Yorkshire dalesmen, xxxii not vagrants, but with a local habitation, who at Christmas-tide would sing the old ballads.
From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Sidgwick, Frank
This fall is still talked of at the firesides of the dalesmen of the north—cottars, farmers, and "statesmen"—as one of the most wonderful and dazzling achievements ever witnessed in the wrestling ring.
From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Gilpin, Sidney
