(jŭst'fōks')
adj.
Unpretentious and friendly: "the essence of this small-town state is a friendly, trusting, just-folks way of dealing with one another" (T.R. Reid).
just-folks
| Dictionary: just-folks |
| Idioms: just folks |
Friendly, unpretentious. For example, Politicians meeting the public like to pretend they are just folks, but that's not always true. [First half of 1900s]
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 | just (Idiom) |
| Just Folks...a Firesign Chat (1977 Album by Firesign Theatre) |
| All Sorts and Conditions of Men (1921 Drama Film) |
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