just plain folks
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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Many are stuck with a greedy corporate model, or just plain folks working in a system that disadvantages caring in favor of making money.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2016
If, as the French gourmand Brillat-Savarin observed, you are what you eat, these days Americans are down-home, comfortable, just plain folks -- but not to be taken for granted.
From Time Magazine Archive
Until the exhibition closed last week, politicians, patriots and just plain folks joined in angrily condemning what they believed was desecration of Old Glory.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are just plain folks, unostentatious, friendly, democratic to the core, representative of the best in American life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Isn't it queer, though, Miss Arundel, that such things happen in the slums and they happen in the smart set, but they don't happen near so often with just plain folks like you and me!
From Hidden Creek by Katharine Newlin Burt
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