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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]

Example Sentences

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

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 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

“They’re just folks, whether they like or dislike the protests.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2020

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

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