just folks

Definitions

1. 1

   Ordinary, unpretentious people

   Ordinary, unpretentious people; an ordinary, unpretentious person.

   • He was happy . . . to be going out to a restaurant without having to sign books or talk to students about Whitman and Melville. . . . Idolized Bech loved, at the end of a long day impersonating himself, being just folks.
   • "She has gone from being just folks to being a bit imperial, assuming a bit more of a queenly role," said Ms. Allgor.
2. 2

   Unpretentious, informal, down-to-earth.

   • Even his mussed cravat and cow licked hair had a "just folks" quality.
   • George Bush's attempt at just-folks normalcy was undermined when he turned a blind eye to his chief of staff flying military jets to private appointments.

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