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Search phrase: peasant

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As You Like ItAYL I.i.64you have trained me like a peasant, obscuring and hidingyou haue train'd me like a pezant, obscuring and hiding
The Comedy of ErrorsCE II.i.81Hence, prating peasant, fetch thy master home.Hence prating pesant, fetch thy Master home. 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.231I did obey, and sent my peasant homeI did obey, and sent my Pesant home 
CymbelineCym V.i.24As does a Briton peasant: so I'll fightAs do's a Britaine Pezant: so Ile fight
HamletHam II.ii.547O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!Oh what a Rogue and Pesant slaue am I?
HamletHam V.i.138is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes sois growne so picked, that the toe of the Pesant comes so
Henry IV Part 22H4 induction.33This have I rumoured through the peasant townsThis haue I rumour'd through the peasant-Townes,
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.i.113Even to the dullest peasant in his camp,Euen to the dullest Peazant in his Campe)
Henry VH5 IV.i.277Whose hours the peasant best advantages.Whose howres, the Pesant best aduantages.
Henry VH5 IV.iv.38Peasant, unless thou give me crowns, brave crowns;pesant, vnlesse thou giue me Crownes, braue Crownes;
Henry VH5 IV.vii.75So do our vulgar drench their peasant limbsSo do our vulgar drench their peasant limbes
Henry VI Part 11H6 III.ii.69Like peasant footboys do they keep the wallsLike Pesant foot-Boyes doe they keepe the Walls,
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.vi.48And like me to the peasant boys of France,And like me to the pesant Boyes of France,
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iv.21Peasant, avaunt! – You have suborned this manPezant auant. You haue suborn'd this man
King LearKL III.vii.79Give me thy sword. A peasant stand up thus!Giue me thy Sword. A pezant stand vp thus?
King LearKL IV.vi.231.2Wherefore, bold peasant,Wherefore, bold Pezant,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW II.ii.269the peasant, and thou shalt lie with his wife. Come tothe pezant, and thou shalt lye with his wife. Come to
Richard IIR2 IV.i.251Proud majesty, a subject; state, a peasant.Prowd Maiestie, a Subiect; State, a Pesant.
The Taming of the ShrewTS induction.1.133When they do homage to this simple peasant.When they do homage to this simple peasant,
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.i.115You peasant swain, you whoreson malthorse drudge!You pezant, swain, you horson malt-horse drudg
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG IV.iv.41I hope thou wilt. (To Launce) How now, you whoreson peasant!I hope thou wilt. / How now you whor-son pezant,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG V.ii.35She's fled unto that peasant Valentine;She's fled vnto that pezant, Valentine;

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Glossary

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bacon-fed[= fed on bacon] rustic, peasant, hillbilly
boorpeasant, rustic
carl, carle[disparaging] churl, peasant, low fellow
carlotpeasant, rustic, churl
churlpeasant, serf, rustic
hindboor, fellow, rustic, peasant
paysanpeasant
peasantbase, low, villainous
peasantservant, fellow, rascal
peasantcountry, rural, backwoods
Philemon[pron: fiy'leemon] peasant who, with his wife Baucis, entertained Jupiter and Mercury when they visited the Earth to test people's hospitality

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peasantPhilemon
peasantbacon-fed
peasantboor
peasantcarlot
peasantcarl, carle
peasantchurl
peasanthind
peasantpaysan

Themes and Topics

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Classical mythology
French

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
PEASANTBASICpeasant adj, peasant n, peasantry n

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