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From a German word for something that is formed by digging. A geology term.
graben n. 5Ger, a ditch < OHG grabo < graban, to dig: see GRAVE26 a relatively long, narrow area of the earth‘s crust that has subsided between two bordering faults: cf. HORST
A "horst" is an elevation between two faults.
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I had no idea that this was a real word! I've used it for years(thought I made it up), but in a more silly/negative form: "you are such a goombah!"...
go figger…
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I always though "goombah" was a Cajun "goodbye".
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