rigger

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   One who rigs or dresses

   One who rigs or dresses; as:

   • So far there was not a hitch. The workpeople, to be sure — riggers and what not — were most annoyingly slow; but time cured that. It was the crew that troubled me.
2. 2

   A worker on an oil rig.

3. 3

   One who rigs or manipulates (an election, etc).

   • The real riggers of electoral boundaries in New South Wales were those who got loose after 1965. When the boys from George Street and Ash Street got loose there was a majority in the Parliament. That is when there was a redistribution […]
   • An election rigger who assumes illegitimate political power would be primarily motivated to spread their corrosive toxins across the political system, thus rendering institutions of government dysfunctional and convoluted.
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   1. 4

      A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar…

      A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar around a fixed fulcrum.

   2. 5

      A ship with a certain type of rigging.

   3. 6

      A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.

   4. 7

      A plastic bottle of beer, typically between 1 L to 2.5 L volume.

   5. 8

      A long, slender, pointed sable paintbrush for making fine lines, etc.

      A long, slender, pointed sable paintbrush for making fine lines, etc.; said to be so called from its use for drawing the lines of the rigging of ships.

   6. 9

      A person who applies functional or artistic rope bondage to another person's body.

   7. 10

      Ellipsis of outrigger.

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