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Meanings of folk in English
Portuguese
música folclórica Catalan
música folk 
The traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community.
Usage of folk in English
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Of course, some folk might want to adopt only healthy baby critters.
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Here was solitude indeed; a dozen neighbours in all, simple labouring folk:
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New summer folk, he says, should bring their own help with them.
4
Can you imagine what the good folk of Mystique would have said?
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Particular interests are looked to, not the general well-being of the folk.
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In Ireland the following folk-beliefs obtain regarding the ass and the cow:-
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They are dangerous people, and wise folk steer well clear of them.
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They've a right to live, same as other folk,' he said loudly.
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Some folk think a stranger can't hardly know the time of day.
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The good folk of Melbourne seem to think this is something special.
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And where will the good folk from Sport New Zealand be then?
12
Things they do as a matter of course would chill normal folk.
13
Many fine folk were spitting feathers at Saturday's result, writes Killian Doyle.
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However, if folk want to boo players, then they're more than entitled.
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Simple folk avoided speaking of the place save in a hushed whisper.
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However, his lasting contribution to the Irish folk canon occasionally went unheralded.
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Ireland
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New Zealand
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