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old folks home

old folks home is the alternative form of old folks' home.

Meaning of old folks' home

Noun

old folks' home (plural old folks' homes)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, humorous, sometimes) A residential complex for elderly people often equipped with special facilities and care services; especially, a nursing home.

Forms of old folks home

pluralold folks homes

Questions about old folks home

What is old folks home the alternative form of?
Old folks home is the alternative form of old folks' home.

Words near old folks home in the dictionary

  1. old flames
  2. old fogey
  3. old fogies
  4. old fogy
  5. old folks
  6. old folks home
  7. old folks homes
  8. old folks' home
  9. old folks' homes
  10. old for one's years
  11. Old Ford

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