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simpleton

[sim-puhl-tuhn] / ˈsɪm pəl tən /


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And not in the simpleton type of way.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2023

“Laal Singh Chaddha” offers up a fresh look: a luxuriantly produced Indian adaptation that doubles down on the story’s simpleton hero, with new historical touchstones.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2022

Like Gump, a good-hearted simpleton, who travels through milestones in US history - the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal - Chaddha's life takes him through the cultural and political turnpikes of 20th-Century India.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2022

A butcher and a simpleton climb a beanstalk to a giant and a hen that lays golden eggs.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2020

“Then she is a greater simpleton than I ever believed her. What is the foolish girl about?”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen




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