Folk
//fəʊk//
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The word "folk" can be used as noun, adjective and proper noun.
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Britfolk Chinese folk religion adfolk alms-folk almsfolk anti-folk avant-folk beaker folk blackfolk businessfolk chairfolk cisfolk clansfolk commonfolk congressfolk countryfolk cunning folk doom folk electrofolk elf-folk elfenfolk elfinfolk elle-folk elvenfolk fairy folk feathered folk fieldfolk finfolk fisherfolk folk art folk culture folk dance folk dancer folk dancing folk devil folk etymologist folk etymology folk etymology folk hero folk horror folk house folk illness folk linguistics folk medicine folk medicine folk memory folk metal folk music folk name folk punk folk religion folk religionist folk rock folk saint folk singer folk song folk story folk tale folk taxonomy folk way folk-blues folk-etymologically folk-etymologize folk-hero folk-like folk-lore folk-medicine folk-metal folk-punk folk-rock folk-rocker folk-way folkadelic folkcraft folkdom folker folkfree folkgame folkie folkish folkland folklife folklike folklore folkly folkmoot folknik folkred folkright folksinger folksinging folksonomy folkster folkstyle folksy folktale folktronica folkway folkweave folky freak folk gayfolk gentlefolk good folk grandfolk grey folk hackfolk henchfolk hillfolk housefolk indie folk kinfolk kinsfolk kithfolk ladyfolk landfolk layfolk little folk lizard-folk lizardfolk menfolk merfolk neofolk nonfolk pseudofolk psych folk psychedelic folk rat-folk ratfolk regular folk seafolk shopfolk showfolk skinfolk smallfolk snowfolk straightfolk streetfolk there's nowt so queer as folk townfolk townsfolk tradesfolk transfolk treefolk turbo-folk wee folk wee folks whitefolk womenfolk workfolk wyrd folk yachtsfolk youngfolk
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