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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