Definitions
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- noun   Plural form of folk .
- noun   The members of one's household ; especially one'sparents and immediatefamily .
- noun People in general; everybody or anybody.
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- noun your parents
- noun people in general (often used in the plural)
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Examples
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								So our main message to folks is to shelter in place, is to stay where they are. 
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								If you really want to make me feel at home, you could come back later, after your folks is asleep, and cuddle up here with me for a bit, so's I'm not so lonesome. 
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								Of course, she loved Uncle Jim best of what she called folks -- but Prince Quippi was big and brown and handsome; and, strangely enough, the only kind of letter he could read from her was in a flower. Winning the Wilderness Margaret Hill McCarter 1899 
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								Tell Jack Gladny if you see him his folks is all well & is getting along with his Crop very well. 
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								Tell Jack Gladny if you see him his folks is all well & is getting along with his Crop very well. 
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								GuyCybershy: Whenever a pudit uses the word "folks", you know you The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Andy Ostroy 2011 
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								Then have 50 folks from the TV audience chosen to play with the robot remotely, maybe a robot war against the show winner ... Remembering Apollo 11 and the Legacy of Apollo - NASA Watch 2009 
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								Seems like for the CxP fiasco, the main folks involved are Cook, Hanley, and a somebody else (can't remember the name) maybe from JSC - like a software guy or something? Steve Cook Wants to Be The Next Deputy Center Director at Marshall - NASA Watch 2009 
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								That folks, is a tactic out of their playbook to try to divide us, if y'all haven't figured that one out yet. 
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								SEAL folks is the use of Navy terminology concerning MOS vs. NEC. Heroes or Villains? 2010 
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