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goober-grabbler

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *gʰrebʰ-✻ — “to gather, rake, grab, seize”
  2. derived from *grabōną✻ — “to gather, rake”
  3. derived from *grabbōn✻
  4. derived from gravan
  5. borrowed from grabben — “to grasp, grab, seize, snatch”
  6. borrowed from grabben
  7. suffixed as grabble — “grab + le”
  8. suffixed as grabbler — “grabble + er”
  9. compounded as goober-grabbler — “goober + grabbler”

Definitions

  1. A Georgian.

    • A Georgian is popularly known in the South as a ‘Gouber-grabbler’.

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