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• just folks
  just folks

  plural noun

  unpretentious, informal, down-to-earth people.
• just-folks
  just-folks

  adjective

  unpretentious, informal, down-to-earth, etc. (often ironically or affectedly).

just folks

¹ American  

[juhst fohks] / ˈdʒəst ˈfoʊks /

plural noun

1. unpretentious, informal, down-to-earth people.

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just-folks ² American  

[juhst fohks] / ˈdʒəst ˈfoʊks /

adjective

1. unpretentious, informal, down-to-earth, etc. (often ironically or affectedly).

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just folks Idioms  

1. Friendly, unpretentious. For example, Politicians meeting the public like to pretend they are just folks, but that's not always true. [First half of 1900s]

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• just-folks
  adjective

Example Sentences

These aren’t just folks who enjoy drinking the fermented black tea.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023

We think of this as the “Buzzy” round, a kind of viewing guide for awards-season followers or just folks who want hot tips for the best stuff on TV.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023

That struck me as definitely the predecessor of these influencers and women who clean on YouTube, in that their whole appeal was that they were just folks like you.

From Salon • May 9, 2021

I learned that everyone, not just folks with vascular disease, should don a pair.

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2020

But it wasn’t just folks back home who stood up and paid attention to what had just happened.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown