snagger

English

Etymology

snag + -er

Noun

snagger (plural snaggers)

  1. (fishing) A fishing hook consisting of several hooks radiating from a centre.
  2. A tool for lopping superfluous branches from a tree.
  3. (Australia, shearing) The slowest shearer is the shearing shed; an inexpert or poor shearer.
    • 1946 October 9, The Advocate, Melbourne, page 9, column 2:
      The `ringer' looks around and is beaten by a blow.
      And curses the old snagger with the blue-bellied Jo.
  4. A person who works on a snag-boat clearing away obstacles in the river.
  5. (UK, dialect) A turnip.

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