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straightfolk

straightfolk noun: straight (heterosexual) people.

Noun

straightfolk pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) Straight (heterosexual) people.
    • turning down one sheet / in our little room / while down below / the straightfolk come and go / looking for stray sons after dark.1994, Thomas O'Neil, Sex with God, page 45
    • Here is a story for you, Straightfolk of Straightworld: In May 1895, the great writer Oscar Wilde was put on trial in London for the crime of sexual indecency with other men.2015 February 26, “The hart”, in Arkansas Times
    Antonyms:
    gayfolk

Antonyms of straightfolk

Origin of straightfolk

From straight + folk.

Questions about straightfolk

What does straightfolk mean?
Straightfolk means straight (heterosexual) people.
What part of speech is straightfolk?
Straightfolk is a noun.

Words near straightfolk in the dictionary

  1. straightfaced
  2. straightfacedly
  3. straightfaces
  4. straightfag
  5. straightfags
  6. straightfolk
  7. straightforth
  8. straightforward
  9. straightforwardly
  10. straightforwardness
  11. straighthead

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