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folks

/fəʊks/ noun

Categories: SocietyUncommon Words

Coined: a coined word, by Kevin Starr Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about folks at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents
    My folks visit us at Christmas.
  2. People in general; everybody or anybody.
    Lots of folks like to travel during the holidays.
  3. The police.

noun

  1. plural of folk

noun

  1. Late 19th and early 20th century migrants to California from Iowa and other parts of the Midwestern United States.

Origin

Coined by California historian Kevin Starr.

From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)

Related Words: tribephratryseptcountryfamilykinfolkkinsfolkhillbillywesternnonclassical

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