| 词汇 | goober |
| 词源 | goober. Goober, for “peanut,” was not coined in the southern U.S. It originated in Africa as the Bantu nguba, for “peanut,” and was brought to the America South by African slaves in about 1834. Long a southern dialect term, it has achieved wider currency over the past 70 years. Pindal, another word for pea- nut, comes from the Kongo npinda. |
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