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Simple Simon

–noun
a simpleton.

Origin:
1775–85; after the nursery rhyme character
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Sim·ple Simon   (sĭm'pəl)   
n.  A foolish fellow; a simpleton.

[After Simple Simon, a character in a nursery rhyme.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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