fenman
noun
a dweller in the Fens of England.
fenmen
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pluralof fenman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"I have not; but I have heard some fenmen talking."
From King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
They are fine, sturdy, prosperous village communities, that mind their own business, and take their pleasure in religion and in song, like their forefathers the fenmen, Girvii, who sang their three-part catches with rude harmony.
From At Large by Benson, Arthur Christopher
It is a poor bait, say these frogs of fenmen, that will not take two pike running.
From Hereward, the Last of the English by Kingsley, Charles
Then they tried to force some fenmen they caught to guide them to us at Othery.
From King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
Skates are still called pattens by the fenmen of Cambridgeshire.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
