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oldfolk

oldfolk noun: old people collectively.

Noun

oldfolk pl (plural only)

  1. (nonstandard, plural, plural-only) Old people collectively.
    • I never thought my father would do the Devil's Dance, what the oldfolk call death by hanging.2014, Pierce Brown, Red Rising, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 24

Origin of oldfolk

From old + folk.

Questions about oldfolk

What does oldfolk mean?
Oldfolk means old people collectively.
What part of speech is oldfolk?
Oldfolk is a noun.

Words near oldfolk in the dictionary

  1. oldfield mouse
  2. Oldfield Park
  3. Oldfields
  4. oldfieldthomasiid
  5. oldfieldthomasiids
  6. oldfolk
  7. oldgen
  8. oldgens
  9. Oldham
  10. Oldham County
  11. Oldhamer

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