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View synonyms for workfolk
workfolk
or work·folks
[ wurk-fohk ]
plural noun
- people who work for a wage, salary, commission, etc., especially rural or agricultural employees.
workfolk
/ ˈwɜːkˌfəʊk /
plural noun
- working people, esp labourers on a farm
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Tess waited outside the door of the farmhouse till the group of workfolk had received their wages, and then Marian introduced her.
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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.
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The other workfolk were by this time all gathered under the rick, where the loose straw formed a comfortable retreat.
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"We workfolk shall have some lordly junketing to-night," said Cainy Ball, casting forth his thoughts in a new direction.
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No saint or philosopher ever betrayed a greater fortitude than these poor and simple workfolk.
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