Thesaurus / rube
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Rube watched the guerrilleros, permitting his head to be seen by them.
THE WAR TRAILMAYNE REID
Her beauty, her wit, they were her own; but they had availed her little before her betrothment to Rube.
Rube, by way of variation, occasionally visited the stables to see to the horses.
THE WATCHERS OF THE PLAINSRIDGEWELL CULLUM
The sinking of the water was a new element; it had escaped my observation, though Rube had noted it.
THE WAR TRAILMAYNE REID
Rube's foot kicked against an unseen pannikin, making an alarming clatter.
KIDDIE THE SCOUTROBERT LEIGHTON
Now, Rube knew Kiddie well enough to be assured that there was some special meaning in this sudden disappearance.
KIDDIE THE SCOUTROBERT LEIGHTON
Rube flung his blankets aside and crept across the floor to look out.
KIDDIE THE SCOUTROBERT LEIGHTON
"Anybody ought to know it 'thout being told, you old Rube," growled the lineman, who was from Boggs City.
THE DAUGHTER OF ANDERSON CROWGEORGE BARR MCCUTCHEON
Old Rube had expected Seth to join him outside for their usual smoke.
THE WATCHERS OF THE PLAINSRIDGEWELL CULLUM
He looked very magnificent and dignified, and younger than Rube had at first supposed him to be.
KIDDIE THE SCOUTROBERT LEIGHTON
WORDS RELATED TO RUBE
- bigoted
- bourgeois
- commonplace
- conforming
- conservative
- demure
- doctrinal
- dogmatic
- drippy
- hackneyed
- hidebound
- humdrum
- illiberal
- in rut
- inflexible
- insular
- isolationist
- lame
- literal
- moderate
- moral
- narrow
- narrow-minded
- not heretical
- obstinate
- parochial
- pedestrian
- prosaic
- puritanical
- rigid
- routine
- rube
- run-of-the-mill
- sober
- solemn
- square
- stereotyped
- straight
- straight-laced
- strict
- stuffy
- uptight
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.