just plain folks

idiom

US
: ordinary people
All kinds of people attended the event, including politicians, celebrities, and just plain folks.

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Supporters were mostly developers, architects, funders, clergy, progressive activists and just plain folks. Joe Enright, New York Daily News, 14 July 2024 And eventually the shuttle would carry just plain folks: non-astronaut scientists, politicians, schoolteachers, and journalists. Trudy E. Bell, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2016

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“Just plain folks.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just%20plain%20folks. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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