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goober-grabbler en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (Southern-US, dated, slang) A Georgian.
    • A Georgian is popularly known in the South as a ‘Gouber-grabbler’. [1869, Overland Monthly, number 3, page 129:

Forms

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