Sentence examples for on peasant from inspiring English sources

It was the kind of outfit you'd normally see on peasant women, with the telling difference that this one was beautifully cut and form-flattering.

(BuzzFeed published parts of it, revealing, for example, that beards or mustaches were unacceptable on male employees, and that "sun-kissed" highlights were allowed but "no streaks, blocks or chunks or contrasting colors"; a New York article in 2014 added that strings on peasant blouses were required to remain untied and skinny jeans cuffed at one and a quarter inches).

The chō was levied on peasant communities according to capability and age.

Its forest resources are intensively exploited, and its tree crops are harvested on peasant farms and commercial plantations.

They established feudal systems based on peasant labour that lasted until the sweeping land reforms of the mid-20th century.

They played a crucial role in colonizing the south for the Russian empire, and later turned on peasant and worker uprisings, defending the czar.

But that didn't stop Tolstoy from putting on peasants' rags and working in the fields every day from sunup to sundown.

"I used to dress like Frida, putting on long peasant skirts and doing my eyebrows really dark.

Ali, who spoke Romanian put on some peasant clothes and fled to Wallachia.

The central government, expressing concern that unrest could weaken one-party rule, has eased the tax burden on peasants and sought to curtail confiscations of farmland for development.

"Fees imposed on peasants are still too high," says another villager.