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- noun Plural form of
townfolk .
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Examples
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I know the Republican party considers being folksy (even if it is complete artifice) to be the most important qualification for being president and that consequently the ability to interact with the "common folk" at "town hall meetings" (especially where the "townfolks" are carefully screened and vetted) is vital in choosing a president.
Jay Leno to John McCain: "For $1 million, how many houses do you have?" Ann Althouse 2008
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Right now, I have no plans to see this show, but I have just one question for the townfolks, who cares?
Swimsuit Model to Do The News In Texas Matt Johnston 2007
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The townfolks have no idea what to do about all of the pumpkins that they find themselves surrounded by, but when Jack looks down at the very orange town from the top of the hill, he knows just what to do.
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Villages were burned, townfolks massacred and their possessions looted.
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But townfolks called 'em Red and tried to chase 'em out of town
Centralia, 1989 1989
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They won't try to save the souls, or the bodies either, of their own townfolks.
Choice Readings for the Home Circle Anonymous
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Abram and me got there the first day bright and early, and we was walkin 'around the amp'itheater and lookin' at the townfolks and the sights, and we met Sally Ann. She stopped us, and says she, 'Sarah
Aunt Jane of Kentucky Eliza Calvert Hall
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If the ball loomed so large to the townfolks, it may be assumed that
The Fighting Shepherdess Caroline Lockhart 1916
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Restraining their trembling haste, yet fearing that they might miss something, the initiated townfolks managed to stay away from the Prouty
The Fighting Shepherdess Caroline Lockhart 1916
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Although the ventriloquism was appreciated, the incongruity of this countrified jargon, held in great contempt by the townfolks, discounted Emperor's majesty and he was in ludicrous eclipse.
Una Of The Hill Country 1911 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886
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