Reub

"Reub," he cried, starting up as he recognized his brother, "what's the matter?

The Duke of Stockbridge Edward Bellamy 1874

"Reub," said Perez, in a voice uneven with suppressed emotion, "now I know she cares for me that much, I don't mind a snap of the finger what happens to me.

The Duke of Stockbridge Edward Bellamy 1874

This loser of a Reub does not love his country, and could not care less about the people fighting for it.

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Syndication was a viable alternative to network by this time, and Don negotiated a deal with one Reub Kauffman, who headed up Guild Films, to put Life with Elizabeth on film and distribute it around the country.

Here We Go Again Betty White 1995

J: The tenth letter of the alphabet, used almost exclusively to designate a Reub with rubber in the neck -- whatever that may be.

The Silly Syclopedia Noah [pseud.] Lott

She knew many other songs, but either Pat could not play them or Burlingham declared them "above the head of Reub the rotter."

Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise, Volume I 1915

Warren's three boys, Reub and Jack and Smith, were our nearest boy neighbors.

Our Friend John Burroughs Barrus, Clara, 1864-1931 1914

It's a smelly proposition, no matter how you take it, and a fisherman ain't much better than a Reub; ask any wise guy.

The Silver Horde Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

"She did, anyway," said the coxswain; "for Reub himself called down the news to me in so many words."

Major Vigoureux Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

"I'd like for you to know my boy Reub," said Mr. Gadsden to me, insinuatingly.

The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories Owen Wister 1899