snagger
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
snagger (plural snaggers)
- (fishing) A fishing hook consisting of several hooks radiating from a centre.
- A tool for lopping superfluous branches from a tree.
- (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.
- A person who works on a snag-boat clearing away obstacles in the river.
- (UK, dialect) A turnip.