Synonyms for folks
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fohk |
| Phonetic Transcription : foÊŠk |
Définition of folks
Origin :- "people of one's family," 1715, colloquial, from plural of folk.
- noun family
- Think of a son of Daniel J. Bines treatin' folks like that as if they was his equals.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- You folks been cuttin' a pretty wide swath here in New York.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- It was the night you and the folks went to the opera with the Oldakers.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Now the folks out in this part of the country have come to expect it from a man like him.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- "Thought it might be some of you folks when I saw the car," said Higbee, shaking hands all around.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Terrible jarrin' to the nerves when folks come in and call on a sick man.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- That kind of folks never do get killed; it's the decent ones.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Folks say I'm prejudiced against em; but it isn't so—I hate 'em.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
- It ain't made of wax nor anything else that folks ever made.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Do you believe what that man said—that folks like Dirk can go?
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
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