Crofters

"Crofters" out there, even if like me, it's no longer sheep and potatoes we're selling.

gapingvoid: "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" 2008

In the box was half a dozen books on German philosophy (in German), twenty books on artificial intelligence and "whither" computers, and another fifty books or so with such arcane titles as Scottish Crofters: A Historical Ethnography of a Celtic Village.

Daniel Krotz: Third Wave Feminism 2009

Several Crofters on my Estate, who possess'd lawful Looms, would also have been glad to inform the Readers of the New York Times, that their Weaving was slow enough.

Ms. Eythorsdottir made a "chandelier" of "beads of glucose that clung to twine and caught the natural light" designed to disintegrate in 5 months. Ann Althouse 2008

The attack happened at 11pm between Peters Drive and Crofters Drive.

Pensioner beaten to death by Pack of Moslem Wolves Lionheart 2007

Crofters from outlying areas joined the exodus as the day wore on, and many were the questions levelled at the new lord.

The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995

Pity Prince of NAPLES hadn't chosen this time for visit; would have given him much livelier impression of the place than he gained when he sat in Gallery just after Questions, listening to CLARK discoursing about Scotch Crofters to audience of nineteen, including SPEAKER.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 8, 1891 Various

I also suggested that the modern Crofters did not seem likely to rally round us.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 30, 1892 Various

Big John lived among the Crofters, whose methods of cooking were simple in the extreme, and from them he had picked up strange ways of housekeeping.

Sowing Seeds in Danny Nellie L. McClung 1912

Tonald was a Crofter from the hills, and had a secret still of his own which made him a sort of uncrowned king among the Crofters.

Sowing Seeds in Danny 1908

Big John lived among the Crofters, whose methods of cooking were simple in the extreme, and from them he had picked up strange ways of housekeeping.

Sowing Seeds in Danny 1908