purist
Example Sentences
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"Who even are these boxing purists?" he jokes.
From BBC
Seasonal purists could just download the dozen or so Christmas episodes of this long-running and still-exceptional drama about a group of midwives working out of a convent in London’s East End.
From Los Angeles Times
“The purists, they get cranky about this, you know, and say that it’s supposed to be gin and vermouth and that’s all a martini should be.”
From Salon
At every stop, Paul was a basketball purist’s dream.
"It wasn't purist stuff but it was within the rules," Souness added.
From BBC
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