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Definition of Folky
1. folkie [n FOLKIES] - See also: folkie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Folky
Literary usage of Folky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1881)
"But what do you mean by folky?” “Oh, greaty, you know, miss.”—” Do you mean that
they became great friends?” “Yes, that's it. ..."
2. Father Allan's Island by Amy Murray (1920)
""I didn't learn the songs when I was young, and now I can't make them folky."
But many the folky turn and twist my songs would be the poorer for but for the ..."
3. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the by John Burke (1832)
"Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Ashe. esq. of Heytesbury, in the county of Wilts,
and was s. by his eldest son, THOMAS folky, eeq. ..."
4. Aërial Navigation: A Practical Handbook on the Construction of Dirigible Ballons by C. E. Frederick Walker (1902)
"With 51 Plates and NELSON folky, MINA Second Edition, Folio, half-bound, net .
£3 3«. AND ARRAS, ftc.. SQUARES, CUBES, ROOTS.—SURFACE OF TUBES.—RECIPROCALS. ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1897)
"He also left manuscripts fit for the press, among them two concerning controversies
between Rome and the church of England (see folky, Record«, v. ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Robert Belt (1820)
"folky. -phg arguments were very long, but the substance of them were as follow.
The act (§ 3.) requires " that every deed or instrument, ..."
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