Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A dialectal form of folk.
Examples
“Weel, I canna jist say I ken ye by the name fowk ca 'ye; and still less div I ken ye by the name the Lord ca's ye; but nowther maitters muckle to her that kens He has a name growin for her -- or raither, a name she's growin til!”
“Kursmiss Day wor passed an 'ommost forgotten, but still th' fowk 'at live i' th 'neighborhood o' Bingly or Keighly nivver think it's ovver until th 'new year's getten a start.”
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley
“Ha monny haars 'enjoyment have they gien to th' fowk 'ats growin' em? An 'ha oft have they kept chaps aght o' th 'alehaase?”
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley
“Th 'fowk' at kept th 'shop at th' yard end, sed he did buy a pund when his wife wor laid deead i'th 'haase, but it wor becoss he darn't stop wi' a deead body at neet i'th 'dark.”
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley
“Ther's a deal o 'fowk' at wodn't be as weel off as they are if it worn't for th 'tailors.”
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley
“My dowter has tell'd me monny a time, 'at ther's a deeal o' fowk 'at's born withaat heeads.”
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley
“Th 'fowk' at lived thear had mooast on 'em been born thear, an 'ther'd been soa monny weddin's amang 'em wol they wor all summat moor or less akin.”
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley
“Yo'll find gooid an bad amang th 'fowk' at yo meet,”
Yorkshire Tales. Third Series Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect
“An bi soothin 'fowk's cares, an ther sorrows relievin,”
“Whan they hear that at that time ye gae birth till a lad bairn, the whilk was stown awa ', an' never hard tell o 'till noo --' It may weel be, 'fowk'll say:' them 'at has drunk wad drink again!”
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tyke chelp
Yorkshire dialect words.
Tyke is a Yorkshire person.
Chelpin' is talking.scarborough warning, tyke, chelp, chelpin', 'appen, bagsey, bazzerking, croggy, dursn't, eeh by gum, flaysome, goffs and 26 more...
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misterpolly Nowt so queer as fowk. Feb 4, 2008
gangerh Yorkshire - 'folk'. Feb 3, 2008
gangerh Fowk don’t have much to say but tha’s to listen to them a long time to find out – sign in the New Inn, Walton, Yorkshire, England. Jan 31, 2008