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people's

/ˈpiːpəlz/ adjective A1
  1. Considered to be of, from, or in tune with the common people, rather than from a ruling elite.
  2. In certain socialist states: of, from, or controlled (at least in name) by the common people rather than a ruling elite. · the People's Liberation Army
  3. Used to label a state as secretly authoritarian or totalitarian regardless of its government. · the People's United States of America· the People's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see people, -'s.
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Or hear the grown-up people's feet
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 1 · C1
Fair are grown-up people's trees,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 21 · C1

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