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simon-pure

si·mon-pure


adjective 
Definition:
 
genuine: completely genuine or authentic, often used to describe somebody who is an amateur as opposed to a professional

[Late 18th century. After Simon Pure, character in Susannah Centlivre's play A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1717)]
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