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Synonyms for workfolk


Grammar : Noun
Spell : wurk-fohk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɜrkˌfoʊk

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Définition of workfolk

  • As in working class : noun common laborers
Example sentences :
  • To take an instance: There are clothes and shows and so forth, with which I must provide my workfolk.
  • Extract from : « The Economist » by Xenophon
  • Tess waited outside the door of the farmhouse till the group of workfolk had received their wages, and then Marian introduced her.
  • Extract from : « Tess of the d'Urbervilles » by Thomas Hardy
  • 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.
  • Extract from : « Tess of the d'Urbervilles » by Thomas Hardy
  • The other workfolk were by this time all gathered under the rick, where the loose straw formed a comfortable retreat.
  • Extract from : « Tess of the d'Urbervilles » by Thomas Hardy
  • But the act of the Lancashire workfolk was done in cold blood, and in defiance of every natural impulse.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of English Liberalism » by Walter Lyon Blease
  • "We workfolk shall have some lordly junketing to-night," said Cainy Ball, casting forth his thoughts in a new direction.
  • Extract from : « Far from the Madding Crowd » by Thomas Hardy
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