farm-labourer

My friend Philosewers and I, contemplating a farm-labourer the other day, who was drinking his mug of beer on a settle at a roadside ale-house door, we fell to humming the fag-end of an old ditty, of which the poor man and his beer, and the sin of parting them, form the doleful burden.

Contributions to All the Year Round 2004

Knut Pedersen, vagabond, wanders about the country with his tramp-companions, Grindhusen, the painter who can ditch and delve at a pinch, or Falkenberg, farm-labourer in harvest-time, and piano-tuner where pianos are.

The Growth of the Soil 2003

Paris, or a farm-labourer whom he will pay to have taught a trade.

Within a Budding Grove 2003

They cut off three of his toes, but the others recovered so that he was still able to work and went on living for another twenty years, first as a farm-labourer, then in his old age as a watchman.

Master and Man 2003

On the farms, the regular farm-labourer lives on his employer's property.

"Apartheid - the Indictment" 1964

If not-well, you will be found by some farm-labourer early in the morning. '

The Circus of Adventure Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952

Nor is he less skilful in the humble food and cooking of the farm-labourer; indeed, he seems never satisfied until he fairly exhausts all the useful matter contained in every subject upon which he touches.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various

He educated himself during the time while he was working as farm-labourer.

Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman Giberne Sieveking

Farmer Jennings has taken him to work in his hay-field, and says if he does well he may perhaps keep him as a farm-labourer? '

Holiday Tales Florence Wilford

Slimak winced at the word 'farm-labourer', but he said nothing.

Selected Polish Tales Else C. M. Benecke