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Goldberg

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Noun

1. goldberg, reuben lucius goldberg, rube 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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Goldberg

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adjective
US
doing something by unnecessarily complicated means
the infernal Rube Goldberg baggage system
Rube Goldberg exercise machines

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Goldberg

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designating any very complicated invention, machine, scheme, etc. laboriously contrived to perform a seemingly simple operation

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Goldberg

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American cartoonist noted for his whimsical drawings of impractically complex machines designed to perform simple tasks.
American jurist and diplomat who served as an associate justice of the US Supreme Court (1962-1965) and a representative to the United Nations (1965-1968).

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