Lexicographical Neighbors of Grabblers
Literary usage of Grabblers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Canada: The Country, Its People, Religions, Politics, Rulers, and Its by J. T. MacAdam (1882)
"“That's taffy,” said an old farmer close by, “to give these goober grabblers a
little crown for a cent is all right, if it fits well, but, fancy, ..."
2. Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas by Josiah Hazen Shinn (1908)
"We have more goober grabblers on the surface but not an equal number of profound
thinkers; more tinkerers but no greater number of real workers; ..."
3. Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee by Bromfield Lewis Ridley (1906)
"... Nomenclature of our Southern armies: The North Carolinians are called "Tar
Heels;" Georgians, "Goober Grabblers;" Alabamians, "Yaller Hammers;" Texans, ..."
4. A Bird's-eye View of the World: A Popular Scientific Description of the by Onésime Reclus, Malvina Antoinettte Howe, Forrest Morgan, Charles Hopkins Clark (1892)
"Georgia is also the great peanut State of the Union (the local name is "goobers"
and the rural population sometimes derided as "goober-grabblers"), ..."
5. The Discovery and Geognosy of Gold Deposits in Australia: With Comparisons by Simpson Davison (1860)
"... diggers greedy gold grabblers), was deterred by no such weak timidity. I refer
Mr Clarke to that high authority, and to the members of the Select ..."
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