grabbler
/ˈɡɹæblɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[He] once called diggers greedy gold grabblers."
- "a goober-grabbler (dated slang term for a person from the U.S. state of Georgia, literally, one who harvests peanuts by hand)"
- "My room-mate, like myself, was fond of roasted potatoes. The patch was very convenient. We had to pass through it in getting to the cabin we occupied, and he was an expert grabbler."
- "[…] Darl had to grabble for her so I knew he could catch her because he is the best grabbler even with the mules in the way […]"
- "2002, Bil Lepp, Inept, Impaired, Overwhelmed: Tall Tales from West Virginia and Beyond, Charleston, WV: Quarrier Press, “Grabbled,” p. 66, We were about to land our first monster catfish by hand. We were grabblers!"
- "[…] then Bobtail he got his bull-tongue plow and his grabbler and pretty soon there was his potatoes."
Etymology
From grabble + -er.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡɹæblɚ/
- British English: /ˈɡɹæblə/