rubes
- plural of rube.
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
They just see a bunch of rubes who are easily manipulated into handing over their money.
From Salon • Aug. 25, 2023
Zaslav knows there are plenty of rubes just like me probably willing to pay.
From The Verge • Aug. 27, 2022
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
With the exception of a handful of men in front of the sideshow—probably waiting to be led to Barbara—all the rubes are in the big top.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
