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simon-pure

[ sahy-muhn-pyoor ]

adjective

  1. real; genuine:

    a simon-pure accent.



simon-pure

adjective

  1. real; genuine; authentic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of simon-pure1

1710–20; short for the real Simon Pure, alluding to the victim of impersonation in Susanna Centlivre's play A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1718)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of simon-pure1

C19: from the phrase the real Simon Pure, name of a character in the play A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1717) by Susannah Centlivre (1669–1723) who is impersonated by another character in some scenes
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Idioms and Phrases

Absolutely genuine, quite authentic, as in That laboratory test was simon pure; none of the specimens was adulterated . This expression comes from the name of a character in a play, Susannah Centilivre's A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1717), who is the victim of an impersonation but turns up in the end and proves that he is “the real Simon Pure.”
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Example Sentences

Midway between trade unionism and the simon-pure, idealistic reform philosophies stood producers' and consumers' cooperation.

There was one old chap in the town—Bill Budlong—who took a heap of pride in being the simon pure cuss.

A bunch of simon-pure tenderfeet strayed into the mountains west of here a couple of summers ago.

All these truthful sayings have been preserved as proverbs simply because they are simon pure truths.

This man does not get in over four or five hours' simon pure hard work in a day.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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