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GRABBLER
Etymology
Noun
grabbler (plural grabblers)
A person who grabbles.
A person who grabs or grasps for something.
(Southeastern US) One who harvests food (such as tubers or peanuts) by digging it up with the hands.
a goober-grabbler (dated slang term for a person from the U.S. state of Georgia, literally, one who harvests peanuts by hand)
(Southeastern US) A person who catches fish by feeling with the hand.
A tool for grabbling.
(Southeastern US, Barbados) An implement used for grabbling (digging up) tubers.
(obsolete) An implement used to extract bodies from the water.
Source: Wiktionary
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