The tillers of the soil were free in name, serfs in practice.
"Psycho-Phone Messages"
Francis Grierson
The lowing of cattle could be heard in the distant grazing grounds, while the tillers of the soil were seen at work upon their respective plantations.
"The White Squaw"
Mayne Reid
Fellows like you with their hands always on their tillers, fellows with cool heads and calm passions never can understand us who fly off at every spark that's set to us.
"A Son of the Hills"
Harriet T. Comstock