simon-pure
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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
This verdict does not land Santayana in the camp of the simon-pure pessimists.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was the first pitched battle between simon-pure Americans—but the Revolution was near and after this the Americans were to do their own fighting.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
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