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hey, rube!
used as an insider request for help in a fight US, 1900 Originally and principally an expression used in the circus and carnivals.- Early day circus troupers may have used the cry “hey rube”, but during my twenty five years on the road with the larger circuses and carnivals, I have never heard it used one time. — Joe McKennon, Circus Lingo, p. 46, 1980
- “You better git your friend outta here right quick sonny, ‘cause if I have to pull a ‘Hey, Rube,’ you boys will be in more trouble than you ever thought was possible.” — Terry Southern, Texas Summer, p. 110, 1991
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