as in folksy
having or showing an unpretentious informality
his cracker-barrel campaign speeches strike a chord with voters
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Adjective
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New logo has restaurant chain over a barrel Cracker Barrel is facing widespread backlash over its new logo, which no longer features a folksy country-store guy sitting next to a barrel.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
25 Aug. 2025 -
Throughout her life, Baez—now 84—has stayed true to her folksy-casual style.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
16 Jan. 2025
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As the homespun sounds of early-2000s indie rock became mall-soundtrack fare, tastemakers took a new interest in rap, R&B, pop, and electronic music.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2025
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Their brick-and-mortar restaurant, a blue storefront just a few blocks from their apartment, extends the inviting spirit of their more homespun days.—
Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Despite these demands, and despite the colloquial title of elite firefighter, hotshots weren’t officially categorized as firefighters until the summer of 2022.—
River Selby
August 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Aug. 2025
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Gilbert’s colloquial style, once a source of great pleasure, has tipped into new territory—an ingenuousness that blends guru and disciple, mother and child.—
Jia Tolentino,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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And…with his down-home heart and pure prisms of light mind and a wild and wicked Texas cackle ripping up yellow lighting in a black sky desert…Forever Bob….—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
18 Aug. 2025
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Anhedönia, however, had little interest in being the country’s next down-home sweetheart.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Cracker-barrel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cracker-barrel. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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