simon-pure

simon-pure

Absolutely genuine or authentic; pure or untainted. A reference to the character Simon Pure in Susannah Centlivre's 1717 play A Bold Stroke for a Wife. The new leader is promising to bring simon-pure democratic principles back into the political discourse.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

simon pure

Absolutely genuine, quite authentic, as in That laboratory test was simon pure; none of the specimens was adulterated. This expression comes from the name of a character in a play, Susannah Centilivre's A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1717), who is the victim of an impersonation but turns up in the end and proves that he is "the real Simon Pure."
See also: pure, simon
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

simon pure

The real thing, the genuine article. This expression comes from the name of a character in an early eighteenth-century play, Susannah Centilivre’s A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1710). In it, Simon Pure, a Quaker, is the victim of an impersonation by Colonel Feignwell. However, the Quaker turns up in time and proves that he is “the real Simon Pure” (5:1).
See also: pure, simon
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • simon pure
  • the real Simon Pure
  • the real thing
  • real thing
  • be (as) pure as the driven snow
  • pure
  • angel in the house
  • the angel in the house
  • pure as the driven snow
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