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Recent Examples of cottar
In 1846 and 1847, potatoes, the subsistence crop of the cottar subtenants who composed nearly half the population on some Hebridean estates, failed almost entirely.
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Hugh Raffles, The New York Review of Books, 9 Oct. 2020
Hugh Raffles, The New York Review of Books, 9 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cottar
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That means dressing up as a knight, king, queen, lord or lady, maybe even a peasant or fairy.Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
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An estimated 20,000 people swarmed the 1378 conclave in Rome to make their opinion known, including peasants who traveled from the countryside.Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
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Not only does the peon and con man Tom end up refashioning himself as the rich and carefree Dickie, but Highsmith’s novel itself was a retelling of Henry James’s The Ambassadors.Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2024
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Not afraid but brave, not weak but empowered, not peons but partners.Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
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For their part, the Russians considered the Mizrahim—indeed, most Israelis—loud, uncultured boors.Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
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Trucco brings a sleazy menace to Rufus, an arrogant boor who underestimates how far Madeline and Roderick will go to usurp him.Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2023
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“Cottar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cottar. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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