goober-grabber

goober grabber

slang Someone who harvests peanuts, particularly in the Southern US. "Goober" is another name for a peanut, particularly in the Southern US. Did you really grow up as a goober-grabber on a farm in Georgia? When you grow up in a family of goober grabbers, you learn a lot of uses for peanuts! You don't have to be a goober grabber to know that they're actually legumes, not true nuts.

See also: goober, grabber

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goober-grabber

(ˈgubɚgræbɚ)

n. someone who picks peanuts. (Typically someone native to Georgia where peanuts are grown. From guber. Forced and contrived.) One of the local goober-grabbers took us to a peanut boil.

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