workfolk

[ wurk-fohk ]

/ ˈwɜrkˌfoʊk /

people who work for a wage, salary, commission, etc., especially rural or agricultural employees.

Origin of workfolk

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at work, folk

The voices and laughs of the workfolk eating and drinking under the rick came to her as if they were a quarter of a mile off.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles |Thomas Hardy
Tess waited outside the door of the farmhouse till the group of workfolk had received their wages, and then Marian introduced her.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles |Thomas Hardy
"We workfolk shall have some lordly junketing to-night," said Cainy Ball, casting forth his thoughts in a new direction.

Far from the Madding Crowd |Thomas Hardy
The other workfolk were by this time all gathered under the rick, where the loose straw formed a comfortable retreat.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles |Thomas Hardy

But the act of the Lancashire workfolk was done in cold blood, and in defiance of every natural impulse.

A Short History of English Liberalism |Walter Lyon Blease

workfolk

/ (ˈwɜːkˌfəʊk) /

working people, esp labourers on a farm