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or workfolks
as in tenant farmer
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Noun
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Marcella’s parents were landowners whose tenant farmers paid a share of their earnings and brought them traditional tributes of chickens and rabbits when major holidays came around.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2025 -
The number of new tenant farmers gaining owner-like rights to land through this route in recent years is nominal.—
Tim Hanstad,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Apr. 2016
Noun
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Dior himself was a gentleman farmer, and his ornamental garden has been preserved.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Aug. 2023
Noun
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Firn formulas, which contain between 85 percent and 99.9 percent natural ingredients, is dedicating 1 percent of its sales to a nonprofit helping farmers.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
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Shrimpers in the Gulf of Mexico, for instance, are thus direly connected to farmers in the Midwest.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
29 June 2025
Noun
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Robin Hood and his merry men were yeomen of the most courageous sort.—
Charles Hammer,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2025
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Over the past 25 years, on-board astronauts have done yeoman’s work in the station’s six laboratory modules.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 June 2025
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“Workfolk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workfolk. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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