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Salt was my friend, too, because to undersalt something is to be a rube.
FOOD WAS MY LIFE — UNTIL A HEART ATTACK AT 41 ALMOST KILLED MEROB PETRONEMARCH 3, 2021WASHINGTON POSTFoster, he thought, must certainly be scared of his wife, if he daren't show himself in this little rube town.
CABIN FEVERB. M. BOWERAnd everybody knew about the way Rube used to disappear every now and then during the middle of a season and go fishing.
THE BOY GREW OLDERHEYWOOD BROUNOllie Shreck, Rube's regular catcher, wouldn't sign a contract one season.
THE BOY GREW OLDERHEYWOOD BROUNNo one but Rube would have attempted such a thing; but he never stopped to think about odds or chances when his dander was up.
OUT ON THE PAMPASG. A. HENTYThey had a couple of hours to rest their horses, and then Rube and I led them straight to the Mexican camp.
OUT ON THE PAMPASG. A. HENTY"He's drawin' a pitcher, ya rube, watchye suppose he's doin'," informed the blacksmith authoritatively.
THE "GENIUS"THEODORE DREISERI tell you the job's an immense one, Rube, whether Sam Cutts can see it or not.
BATS IN THE WALLP. T. RAYMONDRube's gone crazy, I think, and I'm almost perished with the cold.
BATS IN THE WALLP. T. RAYMONDIn a moment, the two were joined by Hugh and Rube, and all stood listening.
JACK, THE YOUNG RANCHMANGEORGE BIRD GRINNELLSYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 20, 2021
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
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