Folk and Uncle

Folk

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

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

Uncle

Uncle noun - The brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt.
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Synonyms for Uncle

Folk and uncle are semantically related in relative topic. Sometimes you can use "Folk" instead a noun "Uncle", if it concerns topics such as member of a family.

Both words in one sentence

  • Uncle Tupelo recorded at least two versions of The Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog" — a country/punk version and a folk version.
  • Iconic surfer song "Misirlou" has its origins in folk dance; Dick Dale had learned it from his uncle, a Lebanese folk musician, and adapted his version, at greatly-increased tempo from the original, on a bet that he could play an entire song on a single guitar string.
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  • Comic Book / Wolverine Uncle Pennybags: John Howlett, his legal father, a millionaire who was genuinely a kind-hearted Nice Guy, and didn't see any reason to treat poor folk any less compassionately or differently than anyone else, a point of contention between him and his even richer Jerkass father.
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