plain folks
Americanplural noun
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And, more often than you might think in this large country of wealthy interests, the drivers are plain folks — not billionaires, not corporations, just determined and single-minded individuals.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2019
Mencken once predicted, “the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2017
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
That seems plain enough to plain folks, but Prof. Herken quibbles: “But there was never any specific warning to the cities that had been chosen as targets.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 3, 2015
"It's very kind of him to come to such plain folks as we are, whenever we ask him; now that his wife can't come, I know he does it because he likes us."
From A Modern Instance by William Dean Howells
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