common folk
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcommonandfolk
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common
adjective
uk/ˈkɒm.ən/us/ˈkɑː.mən/
the same in a lot of places or for a lot ...
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folk
noun
uk/fəʊk/us/foʊk/
mainly UK
people, especially those of a particular group ...
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(Definition ofcommonandfolkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Normally, rich tombs are considered of high rank, whereas pit graves are synonymous withcommonfolk.
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In any case, propositional models must deal with the use of imagery by thecommonfolk.
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Some of the pit graves could even belong to thecommonfolkwho may have been associated with the higher-ranking individuals.
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This is acommonfolkwisdom, which speaks in the language of undergoing suffering in the present to be rewarded in the future.
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Victorian painters, too, treatingcommonfolkquite respectfully, sometimes present them with their teeth visible simply to indicate their station.
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The early literature on festivals and recreations set out to do more than provide colourful and interesting descriptions of the customs and lore of thecommonfolkof yesteryear.
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Descriptions of all these spontaneous, dynamic, frequently female-centered, and often disdained expressive practices ofcommonfolkplayed a significant role in the invention of traditions and the construction of nationalities.
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They write their prescriptions in a dead language and an undecipherable scribble to mystify ordinarycommonfolk.
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By our positive propaganda we are continually adding to that body of maxims or axioms which represent the ordinary experience ofcommonfolk.
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But within that framework of unity there is deep disunity, and you have only to move amongst thecommonfolkto find it out.
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In the last resort what they valued most was the good opinion of their neighbours, the gentry andcommonfolkof the shire.
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That never occurred among normal, ordinarycommonfolkwho lived on the produce of the land.
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It is the right of the people, the right of thecommonfolk.
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Thecommonfolk, whatever they thought, did not like to see children taken to the greyhound racing track and reared among betting and gambling.
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First of all, in the need of protectingcommonfolkin all countries from fear and want, and of course the two go together.
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This in turn required the families to have surnames, which were in wide use among thecommonfolkas early as the 13th century.
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There were three social classes: thecommonfolk, the clergy and the military.
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Thecommonfolkcould feel the spiritual warmth within these new teachings, as they were now related to inner human psychological experience.
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The clouds continue to amass, and thecommonfolksay that their appeal for a saviour has fallen upon deaf ears.
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Breitner was motivated to do so because he regarded himself as a painter of thecommonfolk.
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