townfolk

The clangor of bells far and near calls the townfolk to their various avocations, the toiler to his toil, the idler to his idleness, the miser to his gold.

Ponkapog Papers. 1904

What unsettled the minds of the townfolk was the failure of the Rajah's boats to act at the decisive moment.

Lord Jim 1899

The clangor of bells far and near calls the townfolk to their various avocations, the toiler to his toil, the idler to his idleness, the miser to his gold.

Ponkapog Papers Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1871

What unsettled the minds of the townfolk was the failure of the Rajah’s boats to act at the decisive moment.

Lord Jim 1900

One can only guess this means that not only do members of the townfolk know about their undead citizens, but that the town founders knew about them as well.

OBS RECAPS & REVIEWS: VAMPIRE DIARIES S1 – EPISODE 4: FAMILY TIES | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009

In a stereotypical movie, the band would have played for the townfolk and crossed cultural divides through music.

Going Viral : Bev Vincent 2009

We're thinking they might have something in common with the townfolk of Salem, which is bad news for the gang from Ye Olde Shoppe of Scented Candles and Reanimation.

Mega Buzz: Bones' New Baddie, a Revenge Death and Miami Romance 2011

One can only guess this means that not only do members of the townfolk know about their undead citizens, but that the town founders knew about them as well.

OBS RECAPS & REVIEWS: VAMPIRE DIARIES S1 – EPISODE 4: FAMILY TIES | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009

Most of our townfolk were, naturally, the well-to-do, shading downward, but seldom reaching poverty.

DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004

In one of my favorite episodes of The Simpsons, "Lisa the Skeptic," a plot involving a supposed "angel" pits scientists against naïve religious townfolk.

Karl Giberson, Ph.D: The Beauty of Being a Scientist and a Christian 2010