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Simple Simon

Simple Simon noun: a fool, or gullible person.

Noun

Simple Simon (plural Simple Simons)

  1. A fool, or gullible person.
    • Now, will your kind of birth control select out specially for suppression the Simple Simons, the Peeping Toms, the Dumme Lisas? Oh, no, indeed.2003, Margaret Sanger, Michael W. Perry, The Pivot of Civilization in Historical Perspective, page 188

Forms of Simple Simon

pluralSimple Simons

Origin of Simple Simon

From the nursery rhyme of the same name.

Questions about Simple Simon

What does Simple Simon mean?
Simple Simon means a fool, or gullible person.
What part of speech is Simple Simon?
Simple Simon is a noun.
What is the plural of Simple Simon?
The plural of Simple Simon is Simple Simons.

Words near Simple Simon in the dictionary

  1. simple rings
  2. simple root
  3. simple roots
  4. simple sentence
  5. simple sentences
  6. Simple Simon
  7. Simple Simon over
  8. Simple Simon overs
  9. Simple Simon under
  10. Simple Simon unders
  11. Simple Simons

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