plain folks

American  

[playn fohks] / ˈpleɪn ˌfoʊks /

plural noun

1. ordinary people who are not influential, wealthy, or distinguished by any title, etc.; common people.

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Other Word Forms

• plain-folks
  adjective

Example Sentences

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

We can't gin ye here, Mister Conroy, the French style and attention ye're kinder habitooal to in your own house on the Hill, bein' plain folks and mounting ways.

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert