"straightfolk" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From straight + folk. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|straight|folk}} straight + folk Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} straightfolk pl (plural only)
  1. (informal) Straight (heterosexual) people. Tags: informal, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): LGBT Related terms: cisfolk, transfolk
    Sense id: en-straightfolk-en-noun-jhbV3~bK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum

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          "ref": "1994, Thomas O'Neil, Sex with God, page 45",
          "text": "turning down one sheet / in our little room / while down below / the straightfolk come and go / looking for stray sons after dark.",
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          "ref": "2015 February 26, “The hart”, in Arkansas Times",
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          "ref": "2019 September 16, Joshua Young, “In the Spotlight with The Public Theater’s Emerging Writer’s Group”, in The Brooklyn Rail",
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