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[ tounz-fohk ] / ˈtaʊnzˌfoʊk /
Origin of townsfolkFirst recorded in1730–40; town + 's1 + folk Words nearby townsfolktownscape, Townsend, Townsend avalanche, Townsend plan, Townsend's solitaire, townsfolk, Townshend, Townshend Acts, township, township line, townsman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for townsfolkThey had feared ISIS fighters and their Sunni allies would unleash a massacre of the predominantly Shiite townsfolk. This Is How You Fight ISIS|Jamie Dettmer|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST On the outskirts of Slovyansk, a hundred kilometers away, frustration is building among some of the townsfolk. Inside East Ukraine’s Make-Believe Republics|Jamie Dettmer|May 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Vanderkool makes a string of arrests that stun border patrol compatriots and townsfolk. Drugs and Terror on the Other Border|John Douglas Marshall|June 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST Thus, the country cousin within our gates is more learned in the stock sights of town than townsfolk themselves. The Brighton Road|Charles G. Harper
She must have seen our ship; and if, as seems, the townsfolk know who we are, how much more must she! Westward Ho!|Charles Kingsley The townsfolk had long retired to rest, and the streets were empty and desolate. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction|Various The next matter which engaged my townsfolk was a considerably more serious one. My Schools and Schoolmasters|Hugh Miller Behind the runaway machine could be perceived a crowd of townsfolk shouting incoherently. The Boy Scouts' Mountain Camp|John Henry Goldfrap
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