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/ˈlandˌfəʊk/ · noun
(literary, uncommon) The inhabitants of a region, especially if native..
[…]and I should be happy to know that my homely strains might have at all refined it among the landfolk of my own county, or any other[…]
When the landfolk of Galway converse with a stranger, / softly the men speak, more softly the women, / light words on their lips, and an accent that sings.
The landfolk of the region had that day brought to the revolutionary court of judgment a young man of handsome and frank countenance.
Use landfolk when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Landfolk means (literary, uncommon) The inhabitants of a region, especially if native..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…]and I should be happy to know that my homely strains might have at all refined it among the landfolk of my own county, or any other[…]
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