Goldberg

[ gohld-burg ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Arthur Joseph, 1908–90, U.S. jurist, statesman, and diplomat: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–65; ambassador to the U.N. 1965–68.
Reuben Lucius Rube, 1883–1970, U.S. cartoonist, whose work often depicts deviously complex and impractical inventions.

Yes, I know Whoopi Goldberg made comments last week that were viewed as defending Cosby.

The lady who Goldberg is referring to is Barbara Bowman, one of the victims who agreed to testify in the 2006 case.

A lazy off-season afternoon in Palmer's house is like being trapped in a Rube Goldberg cartoon.

A brand new set was then unveiled as Goldberg welcomed us to the new season.

A basketball player in her teen years, Goldberg became a veteran of various exercise fads in adulthood.

Maybe this Goldberg-ocracy of theirs had been forced upon them by the sheer complexity of the population and its problems.

Mr. Goldberg engaged us for his little theatre at Willow Grove.

Lauriston defeats Army of Silesia at Goldberg with heavy loss.

In Rachel Goldberg's case the making of muslin, lace-trimmed corset-covers was an art rather than a craft.

Rachel Goldberg had finished four dozen of extra-fine garments, which meant seventy-five cents, and it was not yet eleven o'clock.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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