disapproval If you refer to a man or boy as a rube, you consider him stupid and uneducated because he comes from the countryside. He's no rube. He's a very smart guy. = hick. someone, usually from the country, who has no experience of other places and thinks in a simple way - used to show disapproval (Rube male name, from Reuben)
a US cartoonist (=an artist who draws funny pictures that tell a joke or say something humorous about the news) who drew strange and extremely complicated machines that are designed to do very simple jobs Heath Robinson (1883-1970)
I said 'Shut it, Camel! I'm dealing with a situation here.' Walter says. /.'What kind of situation?' says Camel. / 'Jacob's messed up.' / 'What? How? Was there a hey rube?'.