grabbler

noun7

1. •
   A person who grabbles.
2. •
   A person who grabs or grasps for something.

   • [He] once called diggers greedy gold grabblers. — 1861
3. •
   (US) One who harvests food (such as tubers or peanuts) by digging it up with the hands.

   • a goober-grabbler (dated slang term for a person from the U.S. state of Georgia, literally, one who harvests peanuts by hand)
4. •
   (US) A person who catches fish by feeling with the hand.

   • […] Darl had to grabble for her so I knew he could catch her because he is the best grabbler even with the mules in the way […] — 1930
5. •
   A tool for grabbling.
6. •
   (US) An implement used for grabbling (digging up) tubers.

   • […] then Bobtail he got his bull-tongue plow and his grabbler and pretty soon there was his potatoes. — 1948
7. •
   (no longer used) An implement used to extract bodies from the water.

   • […] four Boats, and several Men in them, with Ropes and Grablers, searched the Thames a great part of Sunday, using all Opportunities to find the dead Body — 1689