reuben l. goldberg

Gold·berg

[gohld-burg]
noun
1.
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.
2.
Reuben Lucius ( "Rube" ) 1883–1970, U.S. cartoonist, whose work often depicts deviously complex and impractical inventions.
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goldberg

noun
United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970) 
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Reuben l. goldberg is always a great word to know.
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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