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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 have all these different festivals about to come into play, and one is the JazzFest, which brings you not just folks from all over the country but all over the world,” Dupree said.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2022

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

And, when the kids got a bit older, pioneering shows like “Will & Grace” that made gay people just folks.

From Washington Times • Dec. 23, 2019

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