Rube Goldberg

Domain: Universal Words

(AmE) adjective [onlybeforenoun] (humorous) = HEATHROBINSON

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

Rube GoldbergEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus Rube GoldbergEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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Rube Goldberg