Sarah was mighty grabby, though, wasn't she, Milly?
"Molly Brown's Orchard Home"
Nell Speed
Looks like it ain't 'zactly grabby fer me ter git a holiday onct every fifty years."
"The Comings of Cousin Ann"
Emma Speed Sampson
I only had a few days' drilling at the fort, and that was all I ever had, but I was anxious to go on this march with my company, and Goodale, called "grabby" by the men, had my uniform and necessary equipage issued to me and let me go with the company.
"A Soldier in the Philippines"
Needom N. Freeman