goober-grabbler
See also: goober grabbler
English
editAlternative forms
edit- goober grabbler
- (obsolete): gouber-grabbler, gouber grabbler
Etymology
editFrom goober (“peanut”) + grabbler (“grabber, one who searches on hands and knees”).
Pronunciation
editAudio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
editgoober-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
edit- “goober, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1900.