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SSG means Staff Sergeant of the United States Army, there bub, and it means I don't take kindly being called a simpleton or being ridiculed when you're being protected by me at night, so you should just shut your mouth and appreciate it …— PopPolitics.com
Of course, there is a kind of simplicity which is a survival of childhood, a guileless, childish ignorance; but when a man is simple in a childish way, he is only what we call a simpleton.— Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion
She knew herself for a simpleton--just a poor girl; she knew herself made ridiculous by this parade; could see herself as she was.— Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso
But this was soon made known to him when one of the persons at the window exclaimed, "What a simpleton is the corregidor's son, to make a practice of serenading a scullery-maid.— The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes
It was not the first time that she had been called a simpleton, or some kindred name, by the out-spoken Miss Fanny; for this young lady prided herself on not being afraid to speak plainly, and tell people just what she thought of them As we before said, Mary's cheek flushed a little; but she instantly thought to herself, "It is Fanny, and I won't mind it."— Be Courteous or, Religion, the True Refiner

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