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Folks

//fəʊks// name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    plural of Folk form-of, plural
  3. 3
    Transplants to Southern California from the Midwestern United States, especially Iowa. California, Southern, archaic
Noun
  1. 1
    The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents plural, plural-only

    "My folks visit us at Christmas."

  2. 2
    plural of folk form-of, plural
  3. 3
    Late 19th and early 20th century migrants to California from Iowa and other parts of the Midwestern United States. California, plural, plural-only

    "McPherson's healing ministry, in fact. was at the core of her success, since so many of the Folks had come to Southern California in late middle or old age in the hope of regaining lost health."

  4. 4
    people in general (often used in the plural) wordnet
  5. 5
    People in general; everybody or anybody. US, plural, plural-only

    "Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say and don't say from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight. Carcetti: I do this right, they respect it. Wilson: An' if they don't, at least they get to see a beggin'-ass white man on his knees. Always a feel-good moment for the folks."

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  1. 6
    your parents wordnet
  2. 7
    The police. Louisiana, Southern, US, plural, plural-only, rare, slang

Etymology

Coined by California historian Kevin Starr.

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