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

This verdict does not land Santayana in the camp of the simon-pure pessimists.

From Time Magazine Archive

"He's got gumption, that man," he exclaimed, "gumption, simon-pure."

From The Henchman by Luther, Mark Lee