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workfolk

/wurk-fohk/US // ˈwɜrkˌfoʊk //UK // (ˈwɜːkˌfəʊk) //

工友,劳动人民,劳动者,工友们

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n.名词(复数) plural noun
  1. 1
    • : people who work for a wage, salary, commission, etc., especially rural or agricultural employees.

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Examples

  • Tess waited outside the door of the farmhouse till the group of workfolk had received their wages, and then Marian introduced her.

  • 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.

  • The other workfolk were by this time all gathered under the rick, where the loose straw formed a comfortable retreat.

  • "We workfolk shall have some lordly junketing to-night," said Cainy Ball, casting forth his thoughts in a new direction.

  • No saint or philosopher ever betrayed a greater fortitude than these poor and simple workfolk.