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Word: rubes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...thirsty state when he bursts forth in tenor; howover, justice is soon done when is is mercifully hypnotized by a hysterious person who is said to be in close connection with the spirit world. Harry Lauder is very ably personified by William Cantor; while Pvt. Cody makes an excellent rube. A championship bout between battlers Connolly and Newton brings the show to an exciting finish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Show Sunday Night by H Company | 11/22/1918 | See Source »

That today's game will be stupid and uninteresting goes without saying. Against Rube Phillips, of Middletown Springs, and Three-Fingered Bennett, (Manager Henderson is not now sure which he will start), the scoop-chasers will be fortunate to cop a single bingle, while the entire staff of candidates' slab artists will be unable to stop the sangerfest of batting editors. Aside from the tremendous mental and physical gap separating editors from the lowly candidates, any extra base hits will be counted heavily against the latter, and scoop credit will be given them for all errors. Thus we feel that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRACTICE GAME FOR EDITORS | 3/29/1913 | See Source »

...Twelve," Holworthy 12, 13, 14, 15, 16; "John Smith, 3d," Stoughton 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9; "Henry F. Goodspeed," Thayer 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62; "Bon Bon Enfants," Thayer 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; "Digging Hunters," Thayer 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16; "Rube Cow Stable," Stoughton 26, 27, 28, 29, 30; "Misogynists," Hollis 10, 12, 14, 16; "John Doe," Hollis 17, 18, 19, 20; "Whistling Cherries," Stoughton 11, 13, 14, 16; "We, Us, and Company," Thayer 17, 18, 19, 20; "Alaga," Holworthy 9 and 10; "Four of a Kind," Hollis 31 and 32; "Fourfiushers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1912 DORMITORY ALLOTMENT | 2/6/1911 | See Source »

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