Cornishmen

Cornishmen, that is, the miners of Cornwall, on going to California, discovered gold.

Welsh Fairy Tales William Elliot Griffis 1885

"Missourian chaps, and a couple of Cornishmen, but they went down to Eldorado to work at wages for a grubstake."

THE GREAT INTERROGATION 2010

Now, there were no Cornishmen or Tamils or Cherokees or Slovaks present at Golgotha.

The Pope’s Denial Problem 2009

Their acquaintance with one another is certainly relevant, but the fact that they are all Scots is hardly here or there, no more so than were they all Cornishmen or whatever.

Brown Stirs it up For the LibDems 2007

Polwhele — as he was called to make believe that he and other hands were Cornishmen, whereas they were Yankees of the sharpest order, owing no allegiance and unhappily no good-will to their grandmother — this man, whose true name was Perkins, gave the needful orders, and followed down.

Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

Being so wide, and short, and flat, she has none to pay her compliments; and, were there any, she would scorn them, as not being Cornishmen.

Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004

Nettlebones was a Cornishman, and Cornishmen at that time had a reverent faith in witchcraft.

Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004

"Have you heard the rumor that all Cornishmen are mad, Nat?"

Irresistible Balogh, Mary 1998

Those crazy Cornishmen were afraid of the shaft and they convinced all the rest to stay clear.

Never Come Down Black, Michelle 1996

The Cornishmen of the 32nd marched in, the 36th of Hereford, and all of them marched with colours uncased, colours that stirred in the small wind and showed off the musket and cannon scars of the smoke-tinged flags.

Sharpe's Sword Cornwell, Bernard 1983