Simple Simon

American  

noun

1. a simpleton.

---

Simple Simon British  

noun

1. a foolish man or boy; simpleton

---

Etymology

Origin of Simple Simon

First recorded in 1775–85; after the nursery rhyme character

Example Sentences

CBS's Comer Pyle, or Simple Simon, U.S.M.C., has scored third highest in the ratings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sometimes these are weirdly blended: this year's Red Riding Hood features Mother Hubbard and Simple Simon.

From Time Magazine Archive

The orange roofs and the Simple Simon weather vanes above them always seemed as American as, well, an 85� slice of Ho Jo's apple pie.

From Time Magazine Archive

A sweet but Simple Simon gives in to panic at the front during World War I and is punished by a military machine that cannot afford to temper steeliness with compassion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Simple Simon met a pieman Simple Simon met a pieman Going to the fair; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Let me taste your ware."

From National Rhymes of the Nursery by Various