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- noun UK, dialectal
Folk .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The republicans may as well change their motto to “ein volk, ein reich, ein feuhrer!”.
Think Progress » Gingrich Pledges Government Shutdown If GOP Wins Back House And Senate 2010
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Although it is difficult to know for sure which word was used, the Portuguese and Spanish word gente, which might have been what the Dutch word volk was translated from, is similarly ambiguous. back
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When Adolf Hitler rallied the angry "volk" - the "common people" in Germany-against the
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What we - the Australian 'volk' - really need is a more aggressive … I mean … pro-active population policy in order to acquire … I mean … establish a little bit of lebensraum … I mean … an environmentally-sustainable living space.
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What we - the Australian 'volk' - really need is a more aggressive … I mean … pro-active population policy in order to acquire … I mean … establish a little bit of lebensraum … I mean … an environmentally-sustainable living space.
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When Adolf Hitler rallied the angry "volk" - the "common people" in Germany-against the
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When Adolf Hitler rallied the angry "volk" - the "common people" in Germany-against the
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Politically, some of the 20th century including Hitler leadership rediscoved what they felt was a reservoir of wisdom and culture of the "volk" that had been supplanted by the Weberian technocrats.
In the Monica Lewinsky scandal — 10 years old now — "Everybody lost, with one exception, or possibly two." Ann Althouse 2008
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But at the same time he had a burning desire to serve his people, his "volk".
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Dressed in traditional khaki and carrying old Boer republic flags, the crowd listened as Terre'Blanche called on the "volk"
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