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summerfolk

summerfolk noun: people who visit or temporarily reside in a place in the summer.

Noun

summerfolk pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) People who visit or temporarily reside in a place in the summer.
    • Camilla Crawfords records the happenings of the Summer of '73 in a small resort community on eastern Long Island. Camilla's crowd is the "townie" crowd, mostly year-round members of the community, with some "summerfolk" thrown in for variety.1977 April 9, Eric Rogers, “Teenage Books Grow Up”, in Gay Community News, page 9

Questions about summerfolk

What does summerfolk mean?
Summerfolk means people who visit or temporarily reside in a place in the summer.
What part of speech is summerfolk?
Summerfolk is a noun.

Words near summerfolk in the dictionary

  1. summerers
  2. summerfag
  3. summerfags
  4. Summerfield
  5. Summerfields
  6. summerfolk
  7. Summerford
  8. Summerfords
  9. summerful
  10. summerfuls
  11. summergreen

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