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rube

 (ro͞ob)
n. Slang
An unsophisticated country person.
[Probably from Rube, nickname for Reuben.]
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rube

(ruːb)
n
slang US and Canadian an unsophisticated countryman
[C20: probably from the name Reuben]
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rube

(rub)

n. Informal.
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
[1895–1900, Amer.; generic use of the male given name Rube]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.rube - a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culturerube - a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
bumpkin, chawbacon, hayseed, hick, yahoo, yokel
rustic - an unsophisticated country person
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Translations

rube

[ruːb] N (US) → patán m, palurdo m
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rube

[ˈruːb] (US) n (= hick) → plouc mf
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rube

n (dated US sl) → (Bauern)tölpel m
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If you lay off any time for a few days, rehearse him with the spike a couple of times just before you begin again, or else he might forget it and queer the turn by ambling around with the first outside rube that mounts him.
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'Of all the rube joints!' exclaimed Peggy, in deep disgust.
Does she live in the grey house with the pigs and chickens and all them roses, and the rest of the rube outfit?'
You'll be going back to that rube joint, with the cows and hens--isn't that it?'
And then you'll get married and go and live in the rube house, and become a regular hayseed and--' She broke off suddenly, with a catch in her voice.
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"You needn't be a road-hog because you're a Rube," said the chauffeur.
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She is survived by her loving partner for 25 years Robert "Rube" Dixon, loving daughter Kathie (Terry) Lenczuk, granddaughter Katelin (Rich) Stygar and her great-grandchildren Reagan and Hadley Stygar and many family members and friends in Florida, Tennessee and Alabama.
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