Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
ploughman .
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Examples
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It was the lower sort of people with whom he chiefly conversed, such as ploughmen, ditchers, and other day-labourers.
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The ploughman’s lunch originated in England, where fieldworkers have been called ploughmen or ploughboys since at least the middle of the fourteenth century.
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The ploughman’s lunch originated in England, where fieldworkers have been called ploughmen or ploughboys since at least the middle of the fourteenth century.
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I opened the collar of my shirtit was a vulgar blue-and-white check such as ploughmen wearand revealed a neck as brown as any tinker's.
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I opened the collar of my shirt -- itwas a vulgar blue-and-white check such as ploughmen wear -- and revealed a neck as brown as any tinker's.
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I opened the collar of my shirt -- it was a vulgar blue-and-white check such as ploughmen wear -- and revealed a neck as brown as any tinker's.
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The Halbas or 'ploughmen' are another mixed caste, probably the descendants of house-servants of the Uriya Rajas, who, like the
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)
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But to hinder and let it all men's ears are open; yea, and a great many of this kind of ploughmen, which are very busy, and would seem to be very good workmen.
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It was the lower sort of people with whom he chiefly conversed, such as ploughmen, ditchers, and other day-labourers.
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Which our Lord has not left unpunished, for their oxen ran wud, and brak their necks and lamed some ploughmen, which is notoriously known in some parts of Scotland. "
Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century
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