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folkish

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folk·ish  (fksh)
adj.
1. Of or characteristic of folk music, art, or literature.
2. Simple or natural; folksy: charmed us with his folkish wit and humor.

folkish·ly adv.
folkish·ness n.


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Its nine original songs declare the state of the nation in urgent declarative sentences ("America needs a leader") sung to folkish melodies over Young's patented wash of distorted electric guitar and lumbering bass-and-drums thud.
In Immenstadt in southern Swabia and Lindau on the shores of Lake Constance, liberal activists and folkish and right-wing groups (a new phenomenon on the local scene) used violent language and conducted power demonstrations in the streets.
It was de Kooning's genius to update the folkish carnival realms of his Low Country ancestors to the grinding urban rhythms of Tenth Street.
 
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