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Samson

noun

(Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah.

A large and strong and heavyset man. Synonyms: bruiser, bull, strapper. "A thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got"

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... two ways. Get at the guns one day when Samson is cleaning them; or else creep to the house some hot night, risk all, and climb in by one of the windows. I think in time I shall know whereabouts ...

— Nic Revel - A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land • George Manville Fenn

... hardly separable in that all-pervading azure; only, the pensive air was transparently pure and soft, with a woman's look, and the robust and man-like sea heaved with long, strong, lingering swells, as Samson's ...

— Moby Dick; or The Whale • Herman Melville

... Samson killed himself, as related in Judges 16, and yet he is numbered among the saints (Heb. 11). Therefore it is lawful for a ...

— Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) • Thomas Aquinas

... rewarded, that they are all destroyed in the ruin of the castle, as were the Philistines by the policy of Samson, and those whom the tower of Silohim slew, as it is written in the thirteenth of Luke. My opinion is, that we pursue them whilst the luck is on our side; for occasion hath all her hair on her forehead; when she is passed, you may not recall ...

— Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. • Francois Rabelais

... just in time," said he, "to witness one of the scenes in our great picture, 'Samson and Delilah.' They're getting it on now, so you must hurry if you want to see the work. It's really the biggest thing our firm has ...

— Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West • Edith Van Dyne

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