Goldberg

[ 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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How to use Goldberg in a sentence

  • Maybe this Goldberg-ocracy of theirs had been forced upon them by the sheer complexity of the population and its problems.

    Space Viking | Henry Beam Piper
  • Mr. Goldberg engaged us for his little theatre at Willow Grove.

    Letty and the Twins | Helen Sherman Griffith
  • Lauriston defeats Army of Silesia at Goldberg with heavy loss.

    Napoleon's Letters to Josephine | Henry Foljambe Hall
  • In Rachel Goldberg's case the making of muslin, lace-trimmed corset-covers was an art rather than a craft.

    The Long Day | Dorothy Richardson
  • Rachel Goldberg had finished four dozen of extra-fine garments, which meant seventy-five cents, and it was not yet eleven o'clock.

    The Long Day | Dorothy Richardson