Hey rube - 10/08/08 11:12 PM
Word-a-Day says this is a rallying cry for circus people.
Forty years or so ago, I read a book about a Romany or Gypsy family, travelng in a caravan wagon through the countryside. I don't remember the name of the book, but the author seemed to know a lot about Gypsies. There were a lot of Gypsy words and phases used in the book.
One of the phrases was "hey rube", which the author said was an
alarm call among them.
Forty years or so ago, I read a book about a Romany or Gypsy family, travelng in a caravan wagon through the countryside. I don't remember the name of the book, but the author seemed to know a lot about Gypsies. There were a lot of Gypsy words and phases used in the book.
One of the phrases was "hey rube", which the author said was an
alarm call among them.