simon pure

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

'The real Simon Pure,' is a phrase meaning the genuine article; the real thing; as, 'This whisky is the real Simon Pure.'

Genuine; real.

A merchant in Boston paid 500 for a portrait of Washington by Winstanley, believing it to be by Stuart, which he presented to the town. It was put up in Faneuil Hall. .... The connoisseur was laughed at. He had been deceived; he thought it a real Simon Pure.--Dunlap, Arts of Design.

Related Words

Simon-pure
·add. ·adj Genuine; true; real; authentic; — a term alluding to the comedy character Simon Pure, wh...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
pure
pūrē, adv., v. purus fin. ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
pure
pūrē adv.with comp.purus, clearly, cleanly, brightly : lauta corpora, L.: splendens Pario marmore ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Pure
·superl Ritually clean; fitted for holy services. II. Pure ·superl Of a single, simple sound or ton...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Simon
Sĭmon or Sĭmo, ōnis, m., = Συμεών (Heb. ). 1 A chief of the Jews , Tac. H. 5, 9; 5, 12.— 2 Sim...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Simon
that hears; that obeys ...

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Simon
The abbreviated form of Simeon. 1) One of the twelve apostles, called the Canaanite (Matt. 10:4; Ma...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
simon
Sixpence. Simple Simon: a natural, a silly fellow; Simon Suck-egg, sold his wife for an addle duck-e...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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(contracted form of Simeon, a hearing). • Son of Mattathias. [Maccabees] • Son of Onias the high p...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
merinoes, pure
n. a term often used,especially in New South Wales, for the `very first families,'as the pure merin...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Grahame, Simon or Simion
(1570-1614) B. in Edin., led a dissolute life as a traveller, soldier, and courtier on the Continen...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Ockley, Simon
(1678-1720) Orientalist, b. at Exeter, and ed. at Camb., became the greatest Orientalist of his day...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Ward of Simon de Hadestok
Mentioned in Hundred Rolls, 3 Ed. I. (I. 418). References to Queenhithe, St. Mary Somerset, etc. I...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.