Definition of "men-folks" [men-folks]

• The men of a household or community collectively.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "They ground their own corn; the men-folks shot ducks and pigeons and prairie chickens; the new breakings yielded the turnip - like rutabagas, which they ate raw and boiled and baked and raw again."
• "Letty-Lou, yo'all ain't feedin 'dese men-folks ri'."
• "You men-folks don 'know nothin' 'bout these young gals; 'n'"