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   simon-pure

   /sʌɪmənˈpjʊə/

   adjective

   • 1. completely genuine, authentic, or honest: "they were not so simon-pure as the image they presented to the public"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from (the real) Simon Pure, a character in Centlivre's Bold Stroke for a Wife (1717), who for part of the play is impersonated by another character.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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   • I

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   • M

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   • O

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   • U

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   • E

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