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

Let's not advertise the Albigensians as simon-pure Christians, which they were not, at least in principle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, nearly every one knows that the simon-pure feed-box information, the low-down and the dead-level tip, may be picked up behind any barn where hostlers, exercise boys, and apprentice jockeys congregate.

From Old Man Curry Race Track Stories by Van Loan, Charles E. (Charles Emmett)