simon-pure
Example Sentences
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But the notion that small community banks are somehow simon-pure, in contrast to the risk-happy banks of the East and West Coasts, is ludicrous on its face.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2023
“The Kidnap Murder Case” is real, simon-pure Van Dine, and that should be good enough for anybody.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021
And Canadians, with their British-oriented sensibilities, were conscious of amateurism and the role that sport played among the simon-pure.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2012
He is still the simon-pure angler who never quite got over his horror that Calvin Coolidge fished with worms.
From Time Magazine Archive
The simon-pure cowpuncher would not accept a self-cocker as a gift.
From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hagedorn, Hermann
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
