goober-grabbler
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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”).
Pronunciation
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
goober-grabbler (plural goober-grabblers)
- (Southern US, dated slang) A Georgian.
- 1869, Overland Monthly, number 3, page 129:
- A Georgian is popularly known in the South as a ‘Gouber-grabbler’.
References
- “goober, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1900.
