fellah
noun
a peasant or laborer in Arabic-speaking countries, especially Egypt.
fellahs
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pluralof fellah.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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By Jove, you know, fellahs don’t fight like that for a shop-till!’”
From Time ● May 25, 2014
The big fellahs will be having a quiet Sunday lunch together, and Geoff Cross will pack down at Murrayfield.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2013
"I tell you fellahs, I …" "So you're afraid, eh?"
From Over the Line by Harold Morrow Sherman
The lesson was not thrown away: very speedily the fellahs returned to their duty; and after eighteen days' incessant labor, Memnon trembled at his base, and was moved toward the bank of the Nile.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various
They're no good at over a mile, but for the first few months your fellahs will be lucky if they hit a man at a hundred yards.
From The Harbor by Ernest Poole
