menfolks

She was devoted to her son, and more or less overshadowed by his prerogative as "menfolks" born to absorb the cream of things; but the elderly good sense in her was alive to the certainty that if Amarita had not been so yielding, Elihu would never have been so bumptious.

Country Neighbors Alice Brown 1902

This proposal came from a sister named Maria Sharp, who had valiantly offered the year before to move the smoky chimney with her own hands, if the "menfolks" would n't.

Homespun Tales Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

"Ay, they were, my lads; and what I wanted to say was this -- If so be as those fish could live in that bit of a three-acre pool without people knowing of their being there, don't you think there can be no end of big fishes and things in the great waters, thousands of miles from shore, such as menfolks has never seen?"

The Golden Magnet George Manville Fenn 1870

It was the custom in Sangamon for the "menfolks" to gather at noon and in the evening, when resting, in a convenient lane near the mill.

Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller 1868

He had been brought up on a farm, where, during a part of the year it was the custom for the "menfolks" to rise between four and five o'clock in the morning to begin the labors of the day.

The Young Miner or Tom Nelson in California Horatio Alger 1865

The landlady referred her to Partridge, saying, “he was the squire’s friend: but, for her part, she never called menfolks, especially gentlemen,” and then walked sullenly out of the kitchen.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 2004

"menfolks" of the family followed him, and all stood round after the fashion of their kind, saying little, but enjoying themselves in their own way.

The Merryweathers Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896

The menfolks can have updated Weejuns this spring, though.

March 2010 2010

The menfolks can have updated Weejuns this spring, though.

May 2010 2010

The menfolks can have updated Weejuns this spring, though.

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