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

Under Tech's simon-pure program, football players didn't even get pin money from the school.

From Time Magazine Archive

Also it is simon-pure British, and more like Natal in this respect than any other territory under the Union-jack.

From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick