workfolk
or work·folks
people who work for a wage, salary, commission, etc., especially rural or agricultural employees.
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How to use workfolk in a sentence
Tess waited outside the door of the farmhouse till the group of workfolk had received their wages, and then Marian introduced her.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Thomas HardyThe 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.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Thomas HardyThe other workfolk were by this time all gathered under the rick, where the loose straw formed a comfortable retreat.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Thomas Hardy"We workfolk shall have some lordly junketing to-night," said Cainy Ball, casting forth his thoughts in a new direction.
Far from the Madding Crowd | Thomas HardyNo saint or philosopher ever betrayed a greater fortitude than these poor and simple workfolk.
A Short History of English Liberalism | Walter Lyon Blease
British Dictionary definitions for workfolk
informal, US workfolks
/ (ˈwɜːkˌfəʊk) /
working people, esp labourers on a farm
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