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hey rube

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interjection
  1. (used as a call to rally circus or carnival personnel in a fight, especially in a fight with townspeople).
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noun
  1. a fight between townspeople and the members of a circus or carnival.
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Origin of hey rube

First recorded in 1880–85
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