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And the play offers effective social comedy through such types as a tart matriarch or a hen-brained gadder, or through the assorted disturbances caused by the returning beau.

From Time Magazine Archive

The gadder contrib who uses the Gideon Bible to hold the shaving mirror at the right angle is properly rebuked by sundry readers.

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston

Den dey all gadder in de circle an' fo' dey git dey supply, dey got ta do de pigeon wing.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration

To one gadder who asked for a small coffee, the waitress in the rural hotel said, “A nickel is as small as we’ve got.”

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston

Sir: A gadder friend of mine has been on the road so long that he always speaks of the parlor in his house as the lobby.

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston