All 4 Uses of
peasant
in
Main Street
- They were peasants, she groaned.†
Chpt 3 *
- "In other words, he isn't comfortable unless he can behave like a peasant in a mud hut!"†
Chpt 14
- He was neither a peasant tailor, a potential artist, a social complication, nor a peril.†
Chpt 30
- Carol waited for him in the station, among huddled German women with shawls and umbrellas, and ragged-bearded farmers in corduroy coats; peasants mute as oxen, in a room thick with the steam of wet coats, the reek of the red-hot stove, the stench of sawdust boxes which served as cuspidors.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(peasant) used historically or possibly in relation to a very poor country: a person of low income, education, and social standing -- especially one who raises crops or livestock