variants
or workfolks
as in tenant farmer
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Noun
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Herb continued to learn his trade as a tenant farmer on several different properties in Kane County.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2025 -
These parcels were given to native Hawaiian tenant farmers in 1850 and were considered sacred to the generations who had owned them since.—
Joyce Chen,
Architectural Digest,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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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And if tuning out entirely isn’t your speed, such activities as foraging, beekeeping, flower collecting, and focaccia baking are all available to bolster the gentleman farmer vibe.—
Leena Kim,
Town & Country,
18 June 2023
Noun
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Iqra’s father, a 45-year-old farmer named Sana Ullah, told the BBC that the 13-year-old was working for the Shafiq family because Ullah was in debt.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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Public has the right to know Opinion: California’s smart and vocal farmers keep silent as Trump wastes water Water commissioners seemed particularly interested in helping move Sites Reservoir toward construction.—
Paul Rogers,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Among those doing yeoman work was the Spectrum News One service run by Charter Spectrum, the nation’s biggest cable provider.—
David Bloom,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Our Ed Whelan and Andy McCarthy have done yeoman’s work in ensuring that a story the DOJ wanted buried would see the light of day.—
The Editors,
National Review,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Workfolk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workfolk. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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