Definition of Folky

1. Adjective. (music informal) Having the character of folk music ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Folky

1. folkie [n FOLKIES] - See also: folkie

Lexicographical Neighbors of Folky

folksingings
folksong
folksongs
folksonomies
folksonomy
folkster
folksters
folkstyle
folksy
folktale
folktales
folktronica
folkway
folkways
folkweave
folky (current term)
foller
follered
follering
follers
folles
follian process
folliberin
follically
follically challenged
follicle-stimulating hormone-releasing factor
follicle-stimulating hormone-releasing hormone
follicle cell

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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