| 释义 |
goober U.S.|ˈguːbə(r)|
Also gouber (Cent. Dict.).
The peanut, Arachis hypogæa.
1833Louisville Publ. Advt. 7 Nov., A few bags Gouber Pea, or Ground Pea [for sale]. 1834Cherokee Phoenix (New Echota, Ga.) 24 May 3/4 But he so seam I frade of he, I guess he steal my goober. 1848Rep. U.S. Comm. Patents 1847 190 The ground pea of the south, or as it is sometimes called, the gouber or pindar pea. 1871Schele de Vere Americanisms (1872) 57 The peanuts or earth⁓nuts known in North Carolina and the adjoining States as Goober peas, so that during the late Civil War a conscript from the so-called ‘piney woods’ of that State was apt to be nick-named a Goober. 1885U.S. Cons. Rep. No. liv. 382 (Cent.) From the handling of our orchard crops to raking goobers out of the ground, there is probably [etc.]. 1887Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 31 Dec. 2/4 Hogs that had been fed on acorns and goobers. 1888Century Mag. XXXVI. 770/2 Peanuts, known in the vernacular as ‘goobers’. |