folk : Idioms & Phrases
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folk art
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noun genre of art of unknown origin that reflects traditional values of a society
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folk ballad
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noun a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
folk ballad; folksong.
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folk dance
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noun a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)
folk dance.
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verb perform a folk-dance
folk dance.
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folk dancer
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noun someone who does folk dances
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folk dancing
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noun a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)
folk dance.
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verb perform a folk-dance
folk dance.
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folk etymology
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noun a popular but erroneous etymology
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folk music
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noun the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
ethnic music; folk.
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folk poet
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noun a folk writer who composes in verse
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folk singer
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noun a singer of folk songs
jongleur; troubadour; minstrel; poet-singer.
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Folk song
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noun a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
folk ballad; folksong.
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- one of a class of songs long popular with the common people.
Webster 1913
Folk speech
- the speech of the common people, as distinguished from that of the educated class.
Webster 1913
folk tale
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noun a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk
folktale.
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folk writer
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noun a writer of folktales
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Good folk , or Good people
- fairies; brownies; pixies, etc. Colloq. Eng. & Scot.
Webster 1913
home folk
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noun folks from your own home town
