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 Definitions of rube goldberg  [ˈrub ˈgoʊld bɜrg]  

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Definition of 'rube goldberg' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) Rube Goldberg
having a fantastically complicated, improvised appearance:
a Rube Goldberg arrangement of flasks and test tubes.

2.  Rube Goldberg
deviously complex and impractical.

Etymology:  (1955–60; after Rube(Reuben)Goldberg (1883–1970), U.S. cartoonist)

Definition of 'rube goldberg' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Goldberg, Rube Goldberg, Reuben Lucius Goldberg
United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970)



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