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Definition of Goobers
1. goober [n] - See also: goober
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goobers
Literary usage of Goobers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plantation Pageants by Joel Chandler Harris (1899)
"Den he fill it up wid sticks and chips, mos' ter de top, and on de trash he put
a layer er goobers. Den he tuck it back and ..."
2. The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1911)
"goobers," answered the smaller boy. " goobers ? ... goobers don't grow on the
tops of vines, but underground on the roots — like yams." " Is that so? ..."
3. Twelve Months in Andersonville: On the March--in the Battle--in the Rebel by Lessel Long (1886)
"The Florida fellows said, " We don't want any goobers down here." The goobers
was a name applied to the Georgia militia. You could not find a Georgia ..."
4. Index to Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends by Mary Huse Eastman (1915)
"(De 'Gater and de rabbit gizzard.) Harris. Told by L'ncle Remus. Brother Rabbit
and the goobers. Harris. Plantation pageants. (Brer Rabbit and the goobers. ..."
5. A Blockaded Family: Life in Southern Alabama During the Civil War by Parthenia Antoinette Hague (1888)
"Ground peas were rarely grown before the war, and were generally called " goobers
... to fetch the pindars to me, she laid two or three goobers in my hand. ..."
6. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"In Texas and Louisiana, they are known as goobers, ground-peas, and goober-peas.
See goobers. The indigenous Mexican name is ..."
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