Simple Simon
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Simple Simon
First recorded in 1775–85; after the nursery rhyme character
Example Sentences
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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
Founder Franklin Simon, no kin to Simple Simon,* has little doubt that his Greenwich venture will succeed.
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
Children will hugely enjoy Simple Simon; their elders may profitably join them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps this will remind you of one of the exploits of our old friend Simple Simon, "Who went for water in a sieve, But soon it all ran through."
From Soap-Bubbles and the Forces Which Mould Them by Boys, C. V. (Charles Vernon)
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