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rube

(n): a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
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8 months ago bilby said:

"Reason and rationality told him that Stark could not be out there, ramming around like some weird cancer in human form, killing people. As the country rube in Oliver Goldsmith's 'She Stoops To Conquer' was wont to say, it was perfectly unpossible, Diggory."
- 'The Dark Half', Stephen King.

9 months ago bilby said:

"I’m sure that scene caused gales of laughter in the blue states, because there’s nothing more hilarious than making fun of the Jesus-believing rubes."
- 'Beowulf' review, Michael Karounos, Nov 2007.

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