An old-fashioned, affectionately teasing Southern US nickname for someone from Georgia — specifically referencing the state's historic peanut-farming culture. 'Goober' is a well-established Southern word for peanut, and grabbler suggests someone who digs them up by hand. While rarely used today, the term captures a slice of American regional nickname culture where states and their residents got tagged by their agricultural output.
His friends called him a goober-grabbler every time he showed up with a bag of roasted peanuts from home.
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(Southern US, dated, _, slang) A Georgian.
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