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Rube Goldberg
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Rube Goldberg (American, informal)
a Rube Goldberg piece of equipment or plan is very complicated and not very practical. They use a Rube Goldberg type contraption to open and close the farm gate. The city is not well served by this Rube Goldberg scheme for economic development.

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