单词 | homefolk |
释义 | homefolkn. Chiefly U.S. People who live in or near one's home or home town; relatives; neighbours. a. In plural. colloquial and regional. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > relations or kindred > [noun] > relations and friends kithc1000 thineOE kith and kin1377 lyancec1380 you and yoursa1400 peoplea1425 alliance1548 homefolk1798 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > neighbour > collectively neighbourhooda1425 homefolk1798 1798 J. Bayley Forester ii. 30 It is the comment of us home-folks, To commend that which is most spoken of. 1848 Floridian 29 July Oh, the hypocrites! They can weep over the poor people of Michigan, but they have no sympathies for home folks! 1884 ‘C. E. Craddock’ In Tennessee Mts. 288 All the home-folks, an' everybody that kems hyar to sot an' talk. 1964 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 7 Jan. (1970) 33 I greeted L. F. McCollum of Continental Oil of Houston as homefolks. 1991 P. Marshall Daughters (1992) i. ii. 30 Dear Homefolks... Gladys and I are being treated like visiting royalty. b. As a mass noun. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > fellow townsman > collectively townspeople1696 homefolk1856 1856 Med. News & Hosp. Gaz. July 297 Will it never be otherwise than that such unfortunate individuals cannot be honored by their own ‘home folk’? 1909 Westm. Gaz. 2 Dec. 2/3 Of home-folk caught by crumbling walls. 1955 E. Pound Classic Anthol. i. 19 When I come in from being out My home-folk don't want me about. 1993 Washington Post National Weekly 12 Apr. 35/1 He..carried him off to meet the homefolk in his native Oklahoma. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1798 |
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