variants
or workfolks
as in tenant farmer
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Noun
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These opportunities weren’t universally available to all girls though, as there were barriers to entry for both African American and poor white daughters of tenant farmers and sharecroppers.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
25 July 2025 -
This was a common practice in British rule, as seen with the Irish tenant farmers, as well as in Great Britain’s dominant involvement in the slave trade.—
Tanya Talaga
July 24,
Literary Hub,
24 July 2025
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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
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The findings support what farmers and the chocolate-making industry have seen in practice, Clark says.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
18 Aug. 2025
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Soil testing begins with the homeowner, gardener, and farmer.—
Nora Doonan,
Hartford Courant,
16 Aug. 2025
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Class-wise, the 1880s equivalents of the Halls, the Lopers, and the Hanna-Riggs would have been merchants or professionals or, at the very least, yeoman farmers, who owned land and employed laborers and maybe servants.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
10 July 2025
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Likewise, the training staff has performed yeoman’s work tending to the Orlando native.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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“Workfolk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workfolk. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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