Etymology
Origin of countryfolk
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Much of their effort is devoted to warning their countryfolk of the consequences of a potential nuclear strike from Belarusian territory.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
Well, there's the obvious moral decrepitude of roaming the earth in mink and stilettos while your countryfolk starve.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2017
And finding it, in the form of a crappy little brook and a No Reservations-style, language-challenged encounter over a bowl of lunch with some Chinese countryfolk.
From Time ● Sep. 28, 2012
By this he meant the vast resources of the English folk tradition, maintained as an unofficial oral tradition among the nation's countryfolk.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2010
Benighted, contentious, passionate, ignorant souls, countryfolk of a poor land, their generosity gave a noble ending to that hard journey.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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