Definition of Rube Goldberg

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Rube Goldberg    (rb) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

Of, relating to, or being a contrivance that brings about by complicated means what apparently could have been accomplished simply.

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ETYMOLOGY:
After Reuben Lucius ("Rube") Goldberg (1883-1970), American cartoonist noted for his intricate diagrams of such contrivances