rube

Definition

A person of rural heritage; a yokel.

Etymology

Generic use of the name Rube. See hey rube for more.

Example Sentences

• ""Same time," said Babbitt, "no sense excusing these rube burgs too easy. Fellow's own fault if he doesn't show the initiative to up and beat it to the city, like we done—did. […]""
• "You know what you look like to me, with your good bag and your cheap shoes? You look like a rube. A well scrubbed, hustling rube with a little taste."