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单词 goober-grabbler
释义

goober-grabbler

See also: goober grabbler

English

Alternative forms

  • goober grabbler
  • (obsolete): gouber-grabbler, gouber grabbler

Etymology

From goober (peanut) + grabbler (grabber, one who searches on hands and knees).

Noun

goober-grabbler (plural goober-grabblers)

  1. (Southern US, dated slang) Synonym of Georgian.
    • 1869, Overland Monthly, No. 3, p. 129:
      A Georgian is popularly known in the South as a ‘Gouber-grabbler’.

References

  • goober, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1900.
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