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Folk

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Latin, vulgʹ (the common people); German, volk; Dutch, volch; Saxon, folc; Danish, folk. Folk and vulgar are variants of the same word.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Flying Colours (To come off with)
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Flying without Wings (No)
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Fo-hi or Foë
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