the folks

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəʊks/ (General American) IPA(key): /foʊks/, (nonstandard) /foʊlks/ Rhymes: -əʊks === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== folks pl (plural only) The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents (US) People in general; everybody or anybody. 2006 Oct. 1, Dennis Lehane, "Refugees", The Wire, 00:32:06: Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say and don't say from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight.Carcetti: I do this right, they respect it.Wilson: An' if they don't, at least they get to see a beggin'-ass white man on his knees. Always a feel-good moment for the folks. (US, slang, rare, southern Louisiana) The police. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== folks plural of folk ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Related terms ==== folk === Etymology 2 === Coined by California historian Kevin Starr. ==== Noun ==== folks pl (plural only) (California) Late 19th and early 20th century migrants to California from Iowa and other parts of the Midwestern United States. == Danish == === Noun === folks n indefinite genitive singular of folk indefinite genitive plural of folk === Noun === folks c indefinite genitive singular of folk == Old Norse == === Noun === folks genitive singular of folk == Scots == === Noun === folks plural of folk == Swedish == === Noun === folks indefinite genitive plural of folk indefinite genitive singular of folk