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GOLDBERG

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GOLDBERG (noun)
  The noun GOLDBERG has 1 sense:

1. United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970)play

  Familiarity information: GOLDBERG used as a noun is very rare.


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GOLDBERG (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Goldberg; Reuben Lucius Goldberg; Rube Goldberg

Instance hypernyms:

cartoonist (a person who draws cartoons)


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