rube

Example Sentences

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If you have been investing since your 20s, you’re hardly a rube where your portfolio is concerned.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

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

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2025

But you don’t have to be a rube about it.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2022

But when he auditioned for his first record contract, the big Mexico City labels treated him like a rube.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2021

The careless reply and Judd's former actions caused Cateye to wonder if college spirit really meant anything to the rube.

From Over the Line by Sherman, Harold Morrow