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n. - The male members of a community.

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Usage examples (41)
  • Plural noun : The menfolk are all working in the fields
  • Now fishermen -- or "menfolk" -- from Hartley Bay sped towards the ferry in small speedboats, drenched by pouring rain and chopping waves.
  • Time to call the menfolk indoors to dish up, then the women and girls to follow soon after.
  • There are no decent you tubes of this, the "menfolk" probably didn't care for it much, so you will have to listen to it
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