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单词 folksay
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folksayn.

/ˈfəʊkseɪ/
Forms: Also folk-say.
Etymology: < folk n. + say n.4 1.
U.S.
Folk-speech; the traditional speech or proverbs of an ethnic or regional group; an instance of this.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [noun] > old, popular
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the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > phrase > [noun] > proverb > collect
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1929 B. A. Botkin in Oklahoma Folk-Lore Soc. June 5 (title) Folk-say, a regional miscellany.
1936 H. Preece in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 35/1 Negro spirituals and folksay.
1950 H. Patterson & E. Conrad Scottsboro Boy ii. iii. 100 It's an old Negro folksay, if a mud turtle catches hold of your finger it will hold until it thunders.
1976 A. Murray Stomping Blues vi. 79 For all the apt phrases, insightful folksay, and striking imagery that blues singers have added to the national lore, the definitive element of a blues statement is not verbal.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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