All 4 Uses
peasant
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The Devil's Arithmetic
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- A goy zugt a vertl meant "As the peasant says ..."†
Chpt 4
- At my request, the soldiers will pay special attention to the shul to make sure the peasants do not desecrate it.†
Chpt 9peasants = used historically or possibly in relation to a very poor country: people of low income, education, and social standing -- especially those who raise crops or livestock
- Now I see peasants in the field.
Chpt 10 *
- Rivka hissed Hannah quiet and ran a finger across her own throat, the same signal that the peasants had made in the fields when the cattle cars passed them by.†
Chpt 15
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)