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snagger

noun

Etymology

From snag + -er.

  1. derived from *snakk-✻
  2. derived from snagi — “clothes peg”
  3. inherited from *snagge✻
  4. suffixed as snagger — “snag + er”

Definitions

  1. A fishing hook consisting of several hooks radiating from a centre.

  2. A tool for lopping superfluous branches from a tree.

  3. The slowest shearer in the shearing shed

    The slowest shearer in the shearing shed; an inexpert or poor shearer.

    • The `ringer' looks around and is beaten by a blow. And curses the old snagger with the blue-bellied Jo.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A person who works on a snag-boat clearing away obstacles in the river.

    2. A turnip.

    3. A person who reviews newly built properties to find issues to be remedied before the…

      A person who reviews newly built properties to find issues to be remedied before the client buying the home moves in; someone who produces a snag list.

      • Snag List Steve is not a happy snagger. […] It's his job to ensure that new homes are finished properly for their buyers - his clients.
      • We've gone from a small company in west Wales to the UK's number one snagger inspectors
      • I was a snagger on the building site, where I was going around pointing out problems.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA