I knew she meant peanuts,otherwise "ground-peas" and "goobers,"and now that I once more have a dictionary at my elbow I learn that the word, like "goober," is, or is supposed to be, of African origin.

He sold me two small bags of roasted goobers for eight sous.

They give old people potato patches and let the children have goober rows.

We had goobers and a chestnut grove.

We raised sugar-cane, hogs, corn, and goobers.

They had goober patch, popcorn patch, sorghum patches, several of em, pea patches but they was field cabbage patch and watermellon patch.

We had goobers, molasses candy to pull and pop corn every now and then.

I'd say, 'Bring me some goobers, or a doll, or some stick candy, or anything.

He retched down an' got a han'ful o' goobers an' put 'em in his pocket.

Seem like de Chief made 'rangements wid some men an' dey had a big goober grabbin' for de young folks.