All 3 Uses of
peasant
in
The Awakening
- They chatted incessantly: about the things around them; their amusing adventure out in the water-it had again assumed its entertaining aspect; about the wind, the trees, the people who had gone to the Cheniere; about the children playing croquet under the oaks, and the Farival twins, who were now performing the overture to "The Poet and the Peasant."†
Chpt 2
- They played a duet from "Zampa," and at the earnest solicitation of every one present followed it with the overture to "The Poet and the Peasant."†
Chpt 9 *
- Surely, this Bavarian peasant is worthy of framing; and this basket of apples! never have I seen anything more lifelike.†
Chpt 18
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