rube
noun
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
rubes
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pluralof rube.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
Zaslav knows there are plenty of rubes just like me probably willing to pay.
From The Verge ● Aug. 27, 2022
It is fundamentally all about raking in money from the rubes.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2021
Senate observers have long been accustomed to the Oxford-educated Kennedy’s Gomer Pyle act; if he choose to play to the rubes gallery, all we can say is bless his heart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
“I’ll be fine. He won’t do anything with rubes around. You’ve got to go. Please.”
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
