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rubes

  • plural
    of rube.
    rube
    noun
    an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.

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So you are running too now, dodging and weaving past all the rubes who haven’t yet figured out the score.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

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

I feel like I am painting all of us — my immediate family, my friends and me — as ignorant rubes, but I don't think we are.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2023

Zaslav knows there are plenty of rubes just like me probably willing to pay.

From The Verge ● Aug. 27, 2022

Once again, a new batch is mixed up with trough water and set out moments before the rubes descend.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen