Thorps-men.

Villagers. This very pretty Anglo-Saxon word is worth restoring. (Thorpe, Anglo-Saxon, a village.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Thomas the Rhymer
Thomasing
Thomists
Thomson (James)
Thone
Thopas (Sir)
Thor
Thorn
Thorn in the Flesh (A)
Thorns
Thorps-men
Thoth
Though Lost to Sight, to Memory Dear
Thousand
Thousand Years as One Day (A)
Thrall
Thread
Threadneedle Street
Three
Three Bishoprics (The)
Three-Decker (A)