Meanings
noungoober-grabbler (plural goober-grabblers)
plural goober-grabblers · alternative goober grabbler · alternative gouber-grabbler · alternative gouber grabbler
- Southern USdatedslangA Georgian.
A Georgian is popularly known in the South as a ‘Gouber-grabbler’.
[1869, Overland Monthly, number 3, page 129
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Origin
From goober (“peanut”) + grabbler (“grabber, one who searches on hands and knees”).
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