The Collaborative International Dictionary
Almsfolk
Almsfolk \Alms"folk`\ ([add]mz"f[=o]k`), n.
Persons supported by alms; almsmen. [Archaic]
--Holinshed.
Wiktionary
almsfolk
n. (context archaic English) Persons supported by alms; almsmen.
Usage examples of "almsfolk".
Sometimes the wolves would slink into the Lesser Town and attack the almsfolk foraging for scraps in the middens, and sometimes an almsman would be discovered dead in the snow, half naked and frozen stiff, still clutching his staff, looking like a statue toppled from its pedestal.