Folk and Position

Folk

Folk noun - One of the segments of society into which people are grouped.

Usage example: the working-class folk with no airs or pretentions

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Position and folk are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Position" instead a noun "Folk".

Position noun - An assignment at which one regularly works for pay.

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Folk and position are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Folk" instead a noun "Position".

old	old folk	old position
good	good folk	good position
high	high folk	high position
normal	normal folk	normal position
Other adjectives: common, certain, original, powerful, strange.

In an era where the fullback position is facing extinction, the undrafted Kuhn has become a folk hero in Green Bay and a true Ensemble Darkhorse for the Packers.

Source: Useful Notes / National Football League
Garibaldi: (faced with a pack of Drazi missionaries, early in the third season) Zack, do me a favour and explain the missionary, ah, position to these folk.

Source: Double Entendre / Live-Action TV
After a week of travel and worries, by the end of the film, Llewyn is in just as bad a position as the beginning, having been left beaten in the alley at the back of a folk club.

Source: Shaggy Dog Story / Film

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