workfolk en · NOUN
Etymology
From work + folk.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Collectively, people who perform manual labour.
Tess waited outside the door of the farmhouse till the group of workfolk had received their wages, and then Marian introduced her.
1892, Thomas Hardy, chapter XLII, in Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Volume 2, page 118:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| workfolks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |