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I worked at an old folks' home once in Harlem, and I was an activities volunteer. I used to do all these plays with the old people. I did 'The Wizard of Oz;' it was adapted. There was a guy there who played the harmonica, so we had an overture, and The Wizard was 96.
Tony Danza

Meaning of "old folks' home" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OLD FOLKS' HOME

old folks' home  [əʊld fəʊks həʊm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OLD FOLKS' HOME

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conjunction
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exclamation
Old folks' home is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OLD FOLKS' HOME


chrome
krəʊm
dishome
dɪsˈhəʊm
dome
dəʊm
foam
fəʊm
genom
ˈdʒiːnəʊm
heaume
həʊm
holm
həʊm
home
həʊm
honeycomb
ˈhʌnɪˌkəʊm
monochrome
ˈmɒnəˌkrəʊm
motorhome
ˈməʊtəˌhəʊm
nome
nəʊm
nonhome
ˌnɒnˈhəʊm
re-home
ˌriːˈhəʊm
Rome
rəʊm
skyhome
ˈskaɪˌhəʊm
Stockholm
ˈstɒkhəʊm
syndrome
ˈsɪndrəʊm
tome
təʊm
tumblehome
ˈtʌmbəlˌhəʊm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OLD FOLKS' HOME

old days
Old Delhi
Old Dominion
Old Dutch
Old English
Old English sheepdog
old face
old faithful
Old Father Time
old flame
Old French
Old Frisian
old fustic
old gentleman
old girl
Old Glory
old gold
old guard
old hand

WORDS THAT END LIKE OLD FOLKS' HOME

a home from home
at home
at-home
care home
children´s home
come home
community home
drive home
foster home
funeral home
holiday home
house and home
mobile home
nursing home
residential home
retirement home
second home
spiritual home
starter home
till the cows come home
villa home

Synonyms and antonyms of old folks' home in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «old folks' home» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OLD FOLKS' HOME

Find out the translation of old folks' home to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of old folks' home from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «old folks' home» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

老人院
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hogar de ancianos
570 millions of speakers

English

old folks´ home
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुराने लोगों के घर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منزل اهل القديم /
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

домой престарелых
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

casa dos velhos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বৃদ্ধাস্রম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la maison de vieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rumah orang tua
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Altersheim
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

老人ホーム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

옛 사람들 의 집
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngarep omah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà người già ´
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பழைய எல்லோருடைய வீடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जुन्या लोकांना ´घर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yaşlı millet ev
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

casa vecchi ´
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

domu starców
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

додому престарілих
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

home bătrâni /
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παλιό σπίτι λαοί »
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ou mense se huis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ålderdomshem
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

alershjemmet
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about old folks' home

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Tony Danza
I worked at an old folks' home once in Harlem, and I was an activities volunteer. I used to do all these plays with the old people. I did 'The Wizard of Oz;' it was adapted. There was a guy there who played the harmonica, so we had an overture, and The Wizard was 96.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OLD FOLKS' HOME»

Discover the use of old folks' home in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to old folks' home and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Grand Lodge of Illinois. Additional Receipts. Old Folks' Home Interest Account, Interest collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 1,162.96 Orphans' Home Interest Account, interest collected .
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Grand Lodge of Illinois, 1922
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Bond Hill: Origin and Transformation of a 19th Century ...
Their book, Figure 64: The Old Folks Home at 1312 McMillan St., the Watkin family's final residence Letters from the Raven, was published in 1907 and soon went through successive reprints. in East Walnut Hills (courtesy of the Cincinnati  ...
Aharon Varady, 2005
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Benevolent Institutions, 1904
240 Old Folks' Home, Timberville, Va 262 Old Folks' Home and Industrial School, Blackshear, Ga... 224 Old Folks' Home and Orphan Asylum, Covington, Ky 230 Old Folks' Home of Alexandria, Alexandria, Va ". 262 Old Ladies' Home, Bath, ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, John Koren, William Alexander King, 1905
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Western Weekly Reports
J. and there is also an institution at St. Boniface, now called the “Hospice Youville ,” but up to one year- ago called “La Maison des Vieux,” which might be translated into English as either "Old Peoples' Home" or “Old Folks' Home” or otherwise.
‎1913
5
Benevolent institutions
Timeeeville: Old Folks' Home Supervised or conducted by- State of Vermont Private corporation . Private corporation (Protestant churches) Private Sisters of Charity of Provi- it Order of Odd of Vermont. of St. Joseph Rutland Missionary Society ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, Joseph Adna Hill, Edwin M. Bliss, 1911
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At Head of Title: Special reports
... Kans 230 Old Folks and Orphans' Home, Kansas City, Mo 240 Old Folks' Home , Hampton, Va 262 Old Folks' Home, Monroe, Mich 23S Old Folks' Home, St. Louis, Mo 240 Old Folks' Home, Timberville, Va 262 Old Folks' Home and Industrial ...
United States. Census Office, John Koren, William Alexander King, 1905
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Dominion Law Reports
MAN which might be translated into English as either Old People's i_'];_ Home or Old Folks' Home or otherwise. The question is which X912 (if either) of the above two institutions is entitled to the bequest. —— When this application first came ...
‎1913
8
The Western Law Reporter (Canada) and Index-digest
Peoples Home in or near Winnipeg; but is an institution named the Old Folks Home, situate at Middlechurch, and there is also an institution at St. Boniface, now called the Hospice Youville; but up to one year ago, called La Maison des Vieux, ...
Edward Betley Brown, L. S. Le Vernois, Esten Kenneth Williams, 1913
9
The Northeastern Reporter
Arlington, Mass. for an Old Folks' Home, both male and female, of Evangelical creed, most of the furnishings of the said house to go with the house and land of said estate for the use of the old folks." "I give the house and land 14 Prospect St  ...
‎1914
10
Work Hard and You Shall be Rewarded: Urban Folklore from the ...
... may end their lives not with their families but with strangers. In this letter, we discover two ladies and the friction that exists between them over minor material objects. The fact that 32 Traditional Letters Thank You from the Old Folks Home.
Alan Dundes, Carl R. Pagter, 1978

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OLD FOLKS' HOME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term old folks' home is used in the context of the following news items.
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It ain't all about the millennials
But a surprising number reside in retirement communities, halfway houses between the old folks' home and the golf club. Golf is a dying sport in ... «Travel Weekly, Jul 15»
2
Hooked on prawns and keen to shell out tips
And because his family cannot finish eating his haul, he gives what he catches to an old folks' home. Sometimes, he gives his catch to people ... «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
3
Senior citizens find solace in love
JOHOR BARU: Despite being neglected and abandoned at an old folks' home by their respective families, two senior citizens found solace in ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»
4
Cranky Hanke's Weekly Reeler July 22-28: 100-Year-Old Southpaw …
... cheerfully amoral (often very dark) comedy about a man with a penchant for explosions who bails on an old folks' home on the morning of his ... «Mountain Xpress, Jul 15»
5
Meet Hollywood?s Oldest Working Actor
He describes shooting a scene with Colin Quinn as Schumer's irascible father, his buddy at the old folks' home, when Apatow gave him a ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
6
The Chic Apartment: Keep mine cool
On its previous design, he says: "It looked like an old folks' home because my mother needed grab bars and ramps to help her get around. «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
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Belfast riots: Loyalists target old folks' home on THIRD night of …
Belfast riots: Loyalists target old folks' home on THIRD night of violence. 09:48, 16 July 2015; By Michael McHugh ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
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'The saddest thing about nursing homes are the people's stories …
There is a small old folks' home there. I started photographing and I realized that it was very cozy there. There was a pond where the people ... «Russia Beyond the Headlines, Jul 15»
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Written by Nur Lina Mastura
Sadly, some, have chosen the old folks' home as the place to shelter their parents who have from the day they were born provided them with a ... «malaysiandigest.com, Jul 15»
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Mr. Movies Talks New Releases Out On DVD & Blu-ray
This sequel to the 2012 original finds Dev Patel opening another branch of his old folks' home while the original retirees try to get their love ... «KDLT News, Jul 15»

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