Meaning

Children..

Definitions by Sense

1. Children.
2. Teenagers and young adults.

Example Sentences

Ropes are tied to the strong branches of a tree and youngfolk enjoy themselves swinging for hours together.

In the urban areas 2(>.99 per cent of the youngfolk in the age-group 0-14 are full time students.

Kenny's customer-friendly manner and originality in preparing confectionaries in The Mercantile soda fountain attracted more sales, locals came and lingered, youngfolk occupied the counter stools while parents shopped.

Youngfolk are sometimes seen to have placed a ' puthi-mala ' (garland of beads) of blue, white or amber colour round their necks.

At a symposium on Sport and Recreation held in Manchester recently, Mr. R. C. Macmillan, a specialist in park administration said that he sometime noticed idle youngfolk gathered in groups, both boys and girls, at the park gate where their conversation was neither good nor healthy for teenagers.

Even when the older people were reluctant, the youngfolk persuaded them to dispose of the lands keeping only that much as was needed for the family, thinking, of course wrongly, that it would take a long time to secure cash money by cultivation and selling their products.

Using selection headings from the book (menfolk, womenfolk, children, and youngfolk), students record related data on a web as they read.

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When Should You Use Youngfolk?

Use youngfolk when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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