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.

Anagrams

• Gagners, Gangers, gangers, granges, naggers