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snaggers

snaggers is the plural of snagger.

Meaning of snagger

Noun

snagger (plural snaggers)

  1. 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 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.1946 October 9, The Advocate, Melbourne, page 9, column 2
  4. A person who works on a snag-boat clearing away obstacles in the river.
  5. (UK, dialectal) A turnip.
  6. (Ireland, UK) 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.2019 February 15, “'Some so-called tradesmen should be truly ashamed of themselves' - Steve's snagging headache bodes badly for buyers”, in Irish Independent

Questions about snaggers

What is snaggers the plural of?
Snaggers is the plural of snagger.

Words near snaggers in the dictionary

  1. snag-boat
  2. snag-boats
  3. snagged
  4. snagged some z's
  5. snagger
  6. snaggers
  7. snaggier
  8. snaggiest
  9. snagging
  10. snagging list
  11. snagging lists

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