Look up rube in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A rube is a country bumpkin or an inexperienced, unsophisticated person. Rube is also sometimes used as...
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A Rube Goldberg machine, named after American cartoonist Rube Goldberg, is a chain reaction–type machine or contraption intentionally designed to perform...
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performing simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways. The cartoons led to the expression "Rube Goldberg machines" to describe similar gadgets and processes...
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threatened to prosecute Rube for bigamy because she did not recognize the divorce granted Rube in St. Louis. But the divorce, granted by the circuit court on...
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Richard William "Rube" Marquard (October 9, 1886 – June 1, 1980) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball in the 1910s and early 1920s...
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"Hey, Rube!" is a slang phrase most commonly used in the United States by circus and traveling carnival workers ("carnies"), with origins in the middle...
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Andrew "Rube" Foster (September 17, 1879 – December 9, 1930) was an American baseball player, manager, and executive in the Negro leagues. He was elected...
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Frank Beard (musician) (redirect from Rube Beard)
January 1971. Beard is credited under the nickname "Rube Beard" on the ZZ Top's First Album and on Tres Hombres, the band's third album, but is credited...
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Hey Rube may refer to: Hey, Rube!, a circus slang term Hey Rube!, a 1928 silent film directed by George B. Seitz Hey Rube (book), a book by Hunter S....
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by his stage name Big Rube, is an American spoken word artist, rapper and hip hop producer. He is a first-generation member of the Dungeon Family and of...
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the southern half of the United States, including the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. Born in Lamar County, Alabama on December 11, 1855, Rube Burrow...
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List of Dead Like Me characters (redirect from Rube John Sofer)
Nonetheless, Rube very solidly takes on the role of "the paternal one" (as George puts it). In addition, Delores takes on many of the responsibilities...
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in the 1930s. A native of Paterson, New Jersey, Wiggins played for the New York Black Yankees in 1938. He died in Paterson in 1967 at age 46. "Rube Wiggins"...
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Hey Rube! is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by George B. Seitz. Hugh Trevor as String Gertrude Olmstead as Lutie Ethlyne Clair as Zelda Bert...
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notably Rube Bloom and His Bayou Boys, which recorded three records in 1930, that were considered some of the best made early in the Depression. The Bayou...
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Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet Rube Melton at Baseball Almanac Rube Melton at CNN/SI Rube Melton at Find a Grave v t e...
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Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness is a book written by Hunter S. Thompson, consisting of 83 articles split...
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Albert Bluford "Rube" Walker (May 16, 1926 – December 12, 1992) was an American Major League Baseball catcher and longtime pitching coach. A native of...
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George Reuben "Rube" Curry (October 10, 1898 – June 11, 1966) was an American pitcher and manager in Negro league baseball. Born in Kansas City, Missouri...
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Jacob Bowman "Rube" Geyer (March 26, 1884 – October 12, 1962) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1910 to 1913...
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played pitcher from 1913–1917. Schauer played for the New York Giants and Philadelphia Athletics. "Rube Schauer Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com. Retrieved...
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Harry "Rube" Washington was an American Negro league pitcher between 1908 and 1911. Washington made his Negro leagues debut in 1908 with the Indianapolis...
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pitched parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1922 and the Brooklyn Robins in 1924. He attended Gettysburg College...
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from 1924 to 1929 with the Brooklyn Robins and Cincinnati Reds. A right-hander, Ehrhardt's career was delayed while he served in the Navy in World War I...
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Lennart Rube (born 14 April 1952) is a Swedish former professional golfer, who was one of the best amateur players in Sweden in the 1970s. Rube is grandson...
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basketball player. He played for the Indianapolis Kautskys in the National Basketball League for four games during the 1939–40 season and averaged 0.3...
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Rubin Lacey (redirect from Rube Lacey)
Rubin "Rube" Lacy (or Lacey) (January 2, 1901 – November 14, 1969) was an American country blues musician, who played guitar and was a singer and songwriter...
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1912, "Rube" was the captain of the 1913 team. He was selected All-Southern again by Dick Jemison in 1914. He graduated with an M. D. from the University...
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Oliver "Rube" Sellers (March 7, 1881 – January 14, 1952) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Doves in 1910. "Rube Sellers...
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"Rube", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1920s. A native of Wilson County, Virginia, Henderson made his Negro leagues debut in 1921 for the...
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