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townsfolk Definition

towns·folk (to̵unzfōk′)

plural noun

townsfolk Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • help: Whitstable's wartime shop keepers were fantastic and helped many townsfolk through such periods selling goods 'on tic ' .
  • gather: The first scenes from Australia showed several hundred townsfolk gathered in the afternoon sunshine in the main street of Carnarvon.
  • give: The railroad and station buildings boosted tourist trade into Richmond, also gave the ordinary townsfolk better facility to travel.
  • meet: On their journey through the town, pupils meet other townsfolk, gathering objects and skills, and discovering information on daily Roman life.

Adjective modifier

  • local: Following a revolt by local townsfolk in 1839 the half penny toll for pedestrians was lifted.
  • ordinary: The railroad and station buildings boosted tourist trade into Richmond, also gave the ordinary townsfolk better facility to travel.
  • fellow: They were anxious to make the most of all the advantages, which a railroad would bring to them, and their fellow townsfolk.
  • good: Try telling that to the good townsfolk or to Ray Soames ' family.
  • few: In the section entitled How to Walk Walker outlines his thesis: Few townsfolk know how to walk.
  • other: On their journey through the town, pupils meet other townsfolk, gathering objects and skills, and discovering information on daily Roman life.

Browse dictionary entries near townsfolk

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  6. town meeting
  7. town house
  8. town hall
  9. town crier
  10. town clerk
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  2. townsman
  3. townsmen
  4. townspeople
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  8. towpath
  9. towrope
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