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Simon Legree

noun as in cruel slave dealer

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He knew just how to handle Simon Legree, and without Suggs things went fairly smooth—on the surface.

He bears the same relation to gambling that Simon Legree bore to the institution of slavery of fifty years ago.

Give me a week or two to rest, and I'll be back in the lab bossing all of you like a Simon Legree.

Then, the book tries to show how slavery develops the worst men, of the stamp of Simon Legree, the brutal overseer.

With the stern look of a Simon Legree she demanded, "How dare you leave your seats!"

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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to Simon Legree, such as: brutal taskmaster, oppressor, and slave driver.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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