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Word: goober (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Goober Butter. For some weeks students were at work harvesting and cleaning goobers. A few bushels were hauled into town for hulling. Then Zeuch, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Bosch roasted, ground and mixed. There is about 150 pounds of goober butter now stored in the cellar and being served regularly at mealtime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: By Talihina Highway | 8/29/1932 | See Source »

...crowd shouted. Many turtles lay still, inert or stupid. Others began to move at frenzied speed but grew discouraged and lay down or remembered something and went back. A few plodded on to the outer line of the circle. First across, and winner of $7,100 was Goober Dust, owned by Mrs. Cora M. Day of Ponca City. Second prize, $1,250, went to an anonymous turtle belonging to F. V. Huddleston of Bluff City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Terrapin | 9/15/1930 | See Source »

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