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folks

Variant of folk

noun

  1. a people or nation; ethnic group: a peaceful folk
  2. pl. folks or folk people in general; persons: folks differ in their tastes; city folk sometimes vacation in the country

adjective

of, originating among, or having to do with the common people, who transmit the general culture of the group through succeeding generations: folk art

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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