Record #:

35092

Author(s):

Hudson, Arthur Palmer

Abstract:

The author recounts how he and a man he dined with puzzled over the origin of a word, “Gowbral.” It ended up being a combination of gar broth, used as a term referring to meanness.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 3 Issue 2, Dec 1955, p38-39

Subject(s):

Linguistics