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- noun Plural form of
Simple Simon .
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Examples
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Valentine and Orsons over Goody Two Shoeses was as three and an eighth of the former to half a one of the latter; a comparison of Seven Champions with Simple Simons gave the same result.
Sketches by Boz 2007
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He scrabbled to switch off the pager as though it were a nuclear accident waiting to happen, anxious to allow no opportunity for those Simple Simons in the Whips 'Office to change their minds and snatch away his evening once again.
Whispers Of Betrayal Dobbs, Michael, 1948- 2000
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And as for those masters of finance, those earthly Joves of the financial world who sat serene above the clouds, "the Governor and Company of the Bank of England," they soon had the whole money world shaking with laughter when they stood revealed the Simple Simons they proved to be.
Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude Austin Bidwell
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He was able to give to the Simple Simons of this life that
Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions John Cowper Powys 1917
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Seven Champions with Simple Simons gave the same result.
Mudfog and Other Sketches Charles Dickens 1841
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Seven Champions with Simple Simons gave the same result.
Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people Charles Dickens 1841
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