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Definition of Simpletons
1. simpleton [n] - See also: simpleton
Lexicographical Neighbors of Simpletons
Literary usage of Simpletons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Buddhist Legends by Buddhaghosa, Eugene Watson Burlingame (1921)
"simpletons' HOLIDAY » simpletons are given to heedlessness. This religious
instruction was given by the Teacher while he was in residence at Jetavana with ..."
2. Female Filosofy: Fished Out and Fried by Feelix Feeler, L. E. Keith (1894)
"As to ' simpletons,'it is bad enough to huve them monopolize the jury box, without
giving them the ballot box also. One of the best celebrations of the ..."
3. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... heart upon my sleeve, M oiie doe« a lad;'s favour, for daws [? do\TB, pigeons]
to peek at" Dows = fools, or simpletons to laugh at or quiz. (Othello, i. ..."
4. The Ladies Monitor: A Poem by Thomas Green Fessenden (1818)
"... Which pretty simpletons mistake for graces, Who set themselves up beauties by
profession, And think to hold all hearts in their possession, ..."
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