All these folk s were full of gripping stories about their time with Pryor, since he created much drama offstage as well as on. Clearly, the least cool people are the most in-demand: the rich folk s who power the Art Basel engine.
I've tried to teach lots of folk s; an' sum learns quick, an' some don't never learn; it's jest 's 't strikes 'em. I've seen more cloes on folk s' backs hyar, thet wan't no more'n fit for carpet-rags, than any place ever I struck. Thet's ther way they air raised; I allow white folk s might take a lesson on 'em, in thet; 'n' in heaps uv other things tew. He tolt me thar couldn't nobody git up thar whar they'd gone; no white folk s, I mean.
They were simple country folk s, who had been brought up in the old house at the foot of the hill. Americanization apple pie backward-looking backwards be like sheep idiom custom demi-monde desi endogamy exogamy mores multicultural multiculturalism non-traditional nonconformist observant orthodoxy unconventionally unorthodox zeitgeist See more results ». You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Ordinary people. The visual arts in general. Examples of folk.
A shepherd boy who took her for an ordinary woman reportedly asked ' why don 't she put on clothes so that folks would know her? From the Cambridge English Corpus. People who themselves are old by conventional standards, often refer to ' the old folks ', clearly indicating a group to which the speakers do not perceive themselves as belonging. Second, the fact that folks have remained unmoved by the claims of strong natural law theory does not show that the claims of strong natural law theory are false.
Just because these folks are neuroscientists, their chosen topic must be covered in detail in any book they read, including one written by a social cognitive psychologist? Inflation—what a blessed word it is for some folks.
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His beer and "baccy" is probably the only thing—with, perhaps, an occasional picture show, or an occasional visit to his old folk's club. I hope that they will not be as easily brainwashed as some folks are. I remember once breaking the law by suggesting that they should put currants in the poor old folks' bread. The critics seem to think it is not good for folks to enjoy entertainment without a compensating dose of culture.
Most of the children and the old folks are helping. I want to repudiate most strongly any suggestion that working folks cannot spend their money wisely and well. I need not praise these folks for what they did when they were in work. Will we degenerate into referendums on individual topics such as a town hall here and an old folks' home there? We cannot tolerate any system which is to class old folks as merely exhausted industrial material.
I say with the greatest respect that no other section of the community has had the treatment that our old folks have had. See all examples of folk. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
First Known Use of folk Noun before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6 Adjective before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1. Learn More About folk. Time Traveler for folk The first known use of folk was before the 12th century See more words from the same century. From the Editors at Merriam-Webster. Phrases Related to folk folk hero folk music folk remedy. Style: MLA. More Definitions for folk. English Language Learners Definition of folk Entry 1 of 2.
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