rube
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Patriotism—even in 1943—strikes Hart as strictly for the rubes; Rodgers counters that “Oklahoma!” is oblique reassurance of “what we’re fighting for.”
They were just campaign slogans to appeal to the rubes.
From Salon
Such voices tend to believe that anyone who would trust Trump’s promises of free money are dumb, dupes, rubes and/or easy marks.
From Salon
Speaking from the White House, Trump said that the U.S. had been playing the rube in unbalanced deals with its biggest trading partners.
From Salon
Come for the Rube Goldberg machines, leave feeling like a rube.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
