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common folk

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meanings of commonand folk


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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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Examples of common folk


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Normally, rich tombs are considered of high rank, whereas pit graves are synonymous with commonfolk.
In any case, propositional models must deal with the use of imagery by the commonfolk.
Some of the pit graves could even belong to the commonfolk who may have been associated with the higher-ranking individuals.
This is a commonfolk wisdom, which speaks in the language of undergoing suffering in the present to be rewarded in the future.
Victorian painters, too, treating commonfolk quite respectfully, sometimes present them with their teeth visible simply to indicate their station.
The early literature on festivals and recreations set out to do more than provide colourful and interesting descriptions of the customs and lore of the commonfolk of yesteryear.
Descriptions of all these spontaneous, dynamic, frequently female-centered, and often disdained expressive practices of commonfolk played a significant role in the invention of traditions and the construction of nationalities.
They write their prescriptions in a dead language and an undecipherable scribble to mystify ordinary commonfolk.
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By our positive propaganda we are continually adding to that body of maxims or axioms which represent the ordinary experience of commonfolk.
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But within that framework of unity there is deep disunity, and you have only to move amongst the commonfolk to find it out.
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In the last resort what they valued most was the good opinion of their neighbours, the gentry and commonfolk of the shire.
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That never occurred among normal, ordinary commonfolk who lived on the produce of the land.
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It is the right of the people, the right of the commonfolk.
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The commonfolk, 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 protecting commonfolk in 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 the commonfolk as early as the 13th century.
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There were three social classes: the commonfolk, the clergy and the military.
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The commonfolk could 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 the commonfolk say 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 the commonfolk.
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