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Meaning of rubes
rubes
a naive or inexperienced person, an awkward unsophisticated person
rubes Sentence Examples
- The city slickers took advantage of the gullible rubes who had come to seek their fortune.
- The carnival hustlers preyed upon the innocent rubes, promising them riches they could never deliver.
- The con artist's smooth-talking ways fooled even the most discerning of rubes.
- The rubes were easily convinced to buy worthless trinkets at inflated prices.
- The salesmen used slick advertising to target gullible rubes who were looking for a quick buck.
- The elderly rubes were particularly vulnerable to the charms of unscrupulous swindlers.
- The rubes believed every word the politician said, even though his promises were clearly unrealistic.
- The rubes were so trusting that they failed to recognize the signs of deception.
- The rubes were taken in by the politician's populist rhetoric and voted for him despite his lack of experience.
- The rubes were the perfect victims for the Ponzi scheme, as they were eager to believe promises of high returns with little risk.
FAQs About the word rubes
a naive or inexperienced person, an awkward unsophisticated person
clowns, yokels, bumpkins, hayseed,hayseeds, peasants, hicks, rustics, provincials, clods
suburbanites, cosmopolitans,sophisticates, smoothies,slickers, cosmopolites, urbanites,metropolitans
The city slickers took advantage of the gullible rubes who had come to seek their fortune.
The carnival hustlers preyed upon the innocent rubes, promising them riches they could never deliver.
The con artist's smooth-talking ways fooled even the most discerning of rubes.
The rubes were easily convinced to buy worthless trinkets at inflated prices.
