rube
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rube
1895–1900; generic use of Rube; compare earlier use of Reuben in same sense
Example Sentences
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Patriotism—even in 1943—strikes Hart as strictly for the rubes; Rodgers counters that “Oklahoma!” is oblique reassurance of “what we’re fighting for.”
Come for the Rube Goldberg machines, leave feeling like a rube.
From Salon
As though his jury of peers — whom he likely considered hapless rubes — would surely agree that putting a “personal friend” of Oprah’s in prison was unthinkable.
From Salon
He is “arrogant, free spending” and such a rube that he has an “$8 haircut.”
From New York Times
His denouement arrives when he accidentally tells his audience over a hot mic that they’re a bunch of witless, contemptible rubes; they turn on him and his popularity evaporates.
From Salon
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