old folk

collocation in English

meaningsofoldandfolk

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old
adjective
uk
/əʊld/us
/oʊld/
having lived or existed for ...
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folk
noun
uk
/fəʊk/us
/foʊk/
mainly UK
people, especially those of a particular group ...
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(Definition ofoldandfolkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That sort of misery, real as it is, is chicken-feed to the miserable misery uncared-foroldfolkendure all over the land.
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Is it not a fact that theseoldfolk, like everybody else, do not like people poking about in their houses?
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Year after year theseoldfolkare wearing out their clothes, their bed linen and their bedsteads.
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Because of the weather that we have had, the problem of theoldfolkis more acute than ever.
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This is of great advantage to many of theoldfolkwho come to us for help.
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We have asked, for instance, thatoldfolkmight find places in old folks homes at the seaside.
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Conditions can be severe for ouroldfolkand for our pensioners, who have to climb that hill every time they go for their pensions.
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Theoldfolkare never very good at figures anyhow, and are baffled by the various calculations.
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Oldfolkdo not want to be bothered by having their houses torn apart about them whilst they are still living in them.
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He was justified in saying theoldfolkran a serious danger.
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All these groups deserve our consideration, and some of them are worse off than theoldfolk.
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That is especially true of sheltered housing foroldfolk.
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Numbers of evacuated people were sent to the homes ofoldfolk.
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There is not a thought for theoldfolk.
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Theseoldfolkhave given of their best to the country.
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Our first step is to see that theseoldfolkare raised to a level above the pauper and the destitution stage.
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It is also true to say thatoldfolkin the past have contributed their quota to the prosperity of this country.
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If these women are called up, the home is finished, and there is no possibility of theoldfolkbeing cared for.
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Here we are to-day, with thousands of the sons of theseoldfolkfighting for this great country, fighting for democracy.
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After all these years of fighting all over the country, theoldfolkare asking whether anything is to be done.
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