just plain folks
Americanplural noun
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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
Famous actresses, well-heeled businessmen and just plain folks plunked their coins into glass-and-chrome dispensers to feast on such fare as Boston baked beans, macaroni and cheese and coconut-custard pie.
From Time Magazine Archive
Toward the end of True Stories there is a down-home talent show, replete with dueling auctioneers and a chorus line of just plain folks wrapped in Old Glory.
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 Katharine Newlin Burt
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