"Rube Goldberg machine" meaning in Anglais

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Proper name

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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