just-folks

Noun

just folks pl (plural only)

1. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only, sometimes) Ordinary, unpretentious people; an ordinary, unpretentious person.
   • "You still think they come all boxed, sorted, and labeled, do you?" he said. "And that they aren't ‘just folks’ at all?"
     "Yes, I still think so. They never seem a bit like ‘folks’ to me. It's their business to sit up there stiff and solemn and stern."1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 21, in The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch

   Synonyms:

   just plain folks, regular folks

2. (attributive, idiomatic, plural, plural-only, sometimes hyphenated) Unpretentious, informal, down-to-earth.
   • Even his mussed cravat and cow licked hair had a "just folks" quality.1961, Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, →OCLC, page 43