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grabbler

noun
/ˈɡɹæblɚ/US/ˈɡɹæblə/UK

Etymology

From grabble + -er.

  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”

Definitions

  1. A person who grabbles.

    • [He] once called diggers greedy gold grabblers.

  2. A tool for grabbling.

    • […] then Bobtail he got his bull-tongue plow and his grabbler and pretty soon there was his potatoes.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA