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rube

1

[ roob ]

noun

Informal.
  1. an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.


Rube

2

[ roob ]

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Reuben.

rube

/ ː /

noun

  1. slang.
    an unsophisticated countryman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of rube1

1895–1900; generic use of Rube; compare earlier use of Reuben in same sense
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of rube1

C20: probably from the name Reuben
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Speaking from the White House, Trump said that the U.S. had been playing the rube in unbalanced deals with its biggest trading partners.

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Come for the Rube Goldberg machines, leave feeling like a rube.

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As the campaign wore on and tightened up after Joe Biden dropped out, Trump was forced to make some "populist" gestures for the rubes.

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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.

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He is “arrogant, free spending” and such a rube that he has an “$8 haircut.”

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