Meanings
nounsummerfolk pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyPeople who visit or temporarily reside in a place in the summer.
Camilla Crawfords records the happenings of the Summer of '73 in a small resort community on eastern Long Island. Camilla's crowd is the "townie" crowd, mostly year-round members of the community, with some "summerfolk" thrown in for variety.
1977 April 9, Eric Rogers, “Teenage Books Grow Up”, in Gay Community News, page 9
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