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Gar (Gyar) Broth; Gowbral (Gowbrawl)
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
,
p
38-39
Subject(s):
Linguistics