Simple Simon

American  

noun

1. a simpleton.

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Simple Simon British  

noun

1. a foolish man or boy; simpleton

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Etymology

Origin of Simple Simon

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

Example Sentences

Only once does she talk of their offscreen life together: In the fourth episode, she tells her mother, “Every time I think my marriage has become simple, Simon and I find some new stone to turn over, a new foible that one of us needs the other to tease out and inspect,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times

The Mission Inn is surrounded by restaurants but if it’s a Saturday, locals flock to Simple Simon’s Bakery & Bistro at 3639 Main St., which offers a near-perfect choice of breakfast foods six days a week, from eggs with bacon, ham or homemade chicken apple sausage to homemade granola, French toast or omelets.

From Los Angeles Times

Harriet’s father is Simple Simon and her best friend is Gretel, a changeling she discovers in a well.

From New York Times

But even where the roofs have been painted over with drabber colors, there is a look to the exteriors—vaguely colonial, with cupolas that once hoisted metal weather vanes bearing the image of Simple Simon and the Pieman—that is the tipoff.

From The Wall Street Journal

"What we are going to need to be early in the season, with the ability to run the ball and then play-action off of it. Make it a Simple Simon game for the quarterbacks and watch them function."

From Los Angeles Times