simpleton
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Simpletons was the last thing we had thought ourselves.
From Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders by Mundy, Talbot
The Simpletons overwhelm Starodúm with stupid courtesies, and Mrs. S. gets Právdin to examine Mitrofán, in order to prove to Starodúm that her darling child is fit to be Sophia's husband.
From A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
Began as "The Simpletons"; then changed its title to "Hearts Insurgent."
From Essays on Modern Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon
Father! what Simpletons we Country-folks are to you Citizens!
From Citt and Bumpkin (1680) by L'Estrange, Sir Roger
I’m a philosopher in the School for Making Simpletons.
From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison
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