Definition of Pure and simple

1. Adjective. (idiomatic) plain and unadorned ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pure And Simple

purdahed
purdahnashins
purdahs
purdas
purdier
purdiest
purdy
pure
pure(a)
pure-bred
pure-breds
pure-play
pure absence
pure air
pure and simple (current term)
pure as the driven snow
pure binary numeration system
pure country
pure ego
pure finder
pure imaginary number
pure laine
pure mathematics
pure name
pure names
pure tone
pureblood
pureblooded
purebloods

Literary usage of Pure and simple

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The I. W. W.: A Study of American Syndicalism by Paul Frederick Brissenden (1919)
"If any officer of a pure and simple trade or labor organization applies for membership in the Socialist Labor party, he shall be rejected.2 Daniel DeLeon ..."

2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1859)
"It must be a pure and simple taste which finds pleasure in the culture of plants witli no gaudy blossoms to attract vulgar remark, which have few claims on ..."

3. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence, as Administered in the United States of by John Norton Pomeroy (1899)
"... and subject of the transaction itself. § 925. I. Inadequacy of consideration. § 926. Inadequacy pure and simple. § 927. Gross inadequacy amounting to ..."

4. A History of French Private Law by Jean Brissaud, Rapelje Howell (1912)
"(A) Acceptance pure and simple. of the Inventory. § 468. The Vesting of the Succession' only takes place to-day as a result of natural death ("nulla ..."

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