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Definition of Rubes
1. rube [n] - See also: rube
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubes
Literary usage of Rubes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Popular Customs, Present and Past: Illustrating the Social and by Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer (1900)
"Here the mayor dunned his official rubes and proceeded, attended by the mace and
sword bearer, thu city treasurer, and the town clerk, all wearing their ..."
2. A Dictionary for Primary Schools by Noah Webster (1838)
"v RUbES FOR SPELLING. Тин general rule which I have observed in settling the
orthography of certain classes < . words, is uniformity in words of like ..."
3. The History and Antiquities of the Tower of London: With Memoirs of Royal by John Bayley (1830)
"... with vij. rubes and vij. troches, every troche of iij. perles; ... and the
fote is garnished with vj. rubes, vj. saphirs, ..."
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