as in folksy
having or showing an unpretentious informality his cracker-barrel campaign speeches strike a chord with voters

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Adjective
  • Throughout her life, Baez—now 84—has stayed true to her folksy-casual style.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The decor was folksy and colorful, with the brief for the flowers by Wild Gorse being unstructured ’70s.
    Rebecca Cope, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • In Settings, users can choose from among hundreds of homespun labelling tools that flag or block certain posts in their feeds.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Wrapped in coppery light and homespun outfits, her Nell is warm and wise, going some way toward filling the void where a more substantial story ought to be.
    Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Proposition 12 is the colloquial term for the Farm Animal Confinement Initiative.
    Alan Wooten, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2025
  • The strawberry moon is the colloquial name for June's full moon, a term originating from Native American tribes who marked the time when wild strawberries reached peak ripeness.
    Kate Nalepinski, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • Augusta Lane is a great fit for lovers of Black Country and Folk music, and those who love a good, down-home read.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 16 July 2025
  • But Country Bird Bakery is very down-home and casual.
    Gary Stern, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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“Cracker-barrel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cracker-barrel. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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