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The Adobe Flash Player is required in order to view this content. You can get it here: Rube GoldbergOne entry found. Main Entry: Rube Gold·berg Pronunciation: \ˈrüb-ˈgōl(d)-ˌbərg\ Variant(s): also Rube Gold·berg·i·an \-ˌbər-gē-ən, -ˌbərg-yən\ Function: adjective Etymology: Reuben (Rube) L. Goldberg †1970 American cartoonist Date: 1931 : accomplishing by complex means what seemingly could be done simply <a kind of Rube Goldberg contraption…with five hundred moving parts — L. T. Grant>; also : characterized by such complex means 
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