ploughmen

It was the lower sort of people with whom he chiefly conversed, such as ploughmen, ditchers, and other day-labourers.

The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves 2004

The ploughman’s lunch originated in England, where fieldworkers have been called ploughmen or ploughboys since at least the middle of the fourteenth century.

SARA MOULTON’S EVERYDAY FAMILY DINNERS SARA MOULTON 2010

The ploughman’s lunch originated in England, where fieldworkers have been called ploughmen or ploughboys since at least the middle of the fourteenth century.

SARA MOULTON’S EVERYDAY FAMILY DINNERS SARA MOULTON 2010

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.

The Adventure of the Spectacled Roadman 1915

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.

The Thirty-Nine Steps 1915

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.

The Thirty-Nine Steps John Buchan 1907

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) Robert Vane Russell 1894

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.

Sermons on the Card Hugh Latimer 1858

It was the lower sort of people with whom he chiefly conversed, such as ploughmen, ditchers, and other day-labourers.

The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves Tobias George Smollett 1746

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 James Napier 1847