Simon Pure

“the real Simon Pure ,” the genuine article. Those who have witne ed Mr. Charles Mathews’s performance in Mrs. Cent livre’s admirable comedy of A Bold Stroke for a Wife , and the laughable coolne with which he, the false Simon Pure , a uming the Quaker dre and character of the real one, elbows that worthy out of his expected entertainment, will at once perceive the origin of this phrase.— See act v. scene i. Simpkin , or SIMKIN , champagne.— Anglo-Indian. Derived from the manner in which native servants pronounce champagne. Simpson , water used in the dilution of milk. Term in use among cow-keepers. From this the parish pump has been called Mrs. Simpson .