Manxmen

A crew of funny rural types, in this case Manxmen, find themselves through a humorous encounter with an English revenue cutter, obliged to take a charter to Tasmania.

English Passengers - Matthew Kneale (2000) JB 2007

Of course, the Manxmen are smugglers fighting against English oppression.

English Passengers - Matthew Kneale (2000) JB 2007

Ships from all parts of the world would anchor off the Isle of Man, hidden in any of the hundreds of small bays, and unload their cargoes into the small, fast sloops of the Manxmen.

Malice Robert K. Tanenbaum 2007

Manxmen have a distinctive way of speaking, do they not?

The Guns Of The South Turtledove, Harry 1960

This, no doubt, was due to the privilege held by the Abbey of Rushin of appointing the bishop, subject to the consent of the Manxmen.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

But in the Isle of Man the whole point was that the tariff was a local tariff, chosen by Manxmen to suit themselves, while the administration was under Manx control.

The Framework of Home Rule Erskine Childers 1896

So the Manxmen and Manxwomen were compelled to go to church much as they went to market, with their butter - and egg-baskets over their arms.

The Little Manx Nation - 1891 Hall Caine 1892

The one is that Manxmen have three legs, and the other that Manx cats have no tails.

The Little Manx Nation - 1891 Hall Caine 1892

Only their degenerate son, myself to wit, a chiel among them takin 'notes, knows how the sea exudes from the Manxmen.

The Little Manx Nation - 1891 Hall Caine 1892

"My gough! they must have been Manxmen after all -- they rowled downstairs as if they'd been all legs together."

Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon Hall Caine 1892