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
The rest, he says, comes largely from donations by just plain folks in Montana.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
By any name, it is attracting all kinds of new enthusiasts -- artists and academics, ministers and scientists, trained therapists and just plain folks.
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 Burt, Katharine Newlin
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