"Rube Goldberg machine" meaning in All languages combined

See Rube Goldberg machine on Wiktionary

Proper name [Anglais]

Forms: Rube Goldberg machines [plural]
  1. Machine de Rube Goldberg.
    Sense id: fr-Rube_Goldberg_machine-en-name-noRyt88p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: machine, contraption
Categories (other): Noms propres en anglais, Anglais
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