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Poteen :: Poteen (n.) Whisky; especially, whisky illicitly distilled by the Irish peasantry..

Peasantry :: Peasantry (n.) Rusticity; coarseness.

Banshie :: Banshie (n.) A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house..

Middleman :: Middleman (n.) An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and then rents it out in small portions to the peasantry..

Sabot :: Sabot (n.) A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries..

Jacquerie :: "Jacquerie (n.) The name given to a revolt of French peasants against the nobles in 1358, the leader assuming the contemptuous title, Jacques Bonhomme, given by the nobles to the peasantry. Hence, any revolt of peasants..

Peasantry :: Peasantry (n.) Peasants, collectively; the body of rustics..

Pauperize :: Pauperize (v. t.) To reduce to pauperism; as, to pauperize the peasantry..

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