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