as in folksy
having or showing an unpretentious informality
his cracker-barrel campaign speeches strike a chord with voters
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That voice — warm but firm, clear yet folksy, deliberate and passionate — rings through every gallery, praising past heroes and encouraging future ones.
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Bender and David thought Gore’s folksy delivery of complicated scientific and climatological information would lend itself to a documentary that might add urgency to environmental policy debates.
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Ugly Duckling Cake is a vintage Southern dessert whose name refers to its homespun appearance, but certainly not its flavor!
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His filmmaking has a lovely, homespun directness.
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Its name refers to the colloquial term once used for Papaya—paw-paw.
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The Solons name refers to an ancient Greek lawmaker, whose name later became a colloquial term for wise legislators, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
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Charlotte rapper DaBaby is expanding his brand beyond his music empire with the opening of a franchised restaurant featuring his chicken and waffles and other down-home culinary creations.
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This Texas beach town often flies under the radar, but those that are privy to its down-home charm and scenic vistas tend to come back season after season.
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“Cracker-barrel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cracker-barrel. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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