Meaning of Folks | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents
   plural, plural-only
2. Late 19th and early 20th century migrants to California from Iowa and other parts of the Midwestern United States.
   California, plural, plural-only
3. A surname.
4. People in general; everybody or anybody.
   US, plural, plural-only
5. Transplants to Southern California from the Midwestern United States, especially Iowa.
   California, Southern, archaic
6. The police.
   Louisiana, Southern, US, plural, plural-only, rare, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“My folks visit⟳ us at Christmas.”

“Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say⟳ and don't say⟳ from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight⟳. Carcetti: I do this right, they respect⟳ it. Wilson: An' if they don't, at least they get⟳ to see⟳ a beggin'-ass white man on his knees. Always a feel-good moment for the folks.”

“Lots of folks like⟳ to travel⟳ during the holidays.”

“McPherson's healing ministry, in fact. was at the core of her success, since so many of the Folks had come⟳ to Southern California in late middle or old age in the hope⟳ of regaining lost health.”

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