snagger

English

Etymology

From 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 in 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.
6. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (chiefly Ireland, UK) A person that reviews newly built properties to find issues to be remedied before the client buying the home moves in; someone who produces a snag list.
   • 2019 February 15, “'Some so-called tradesmen should be truly ashamed of themselves' - Steve's snagging headache bodes badly for buyers”, in Irish Independent‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2022 October 21, John Cooper, quotee, “The building inspectors exposing cowboy builders on TikTok: Experts' videos blasting 'absolutely shocking' paving, electrics and brickwork have been watched over eight million times”, in Daily Mail‎^[2]:

     We've gone from a small company in west Wales to the UK's number one snagger inspectors

   • 2024 January 3, Saoirse Monica Jackson, quotee, “Derry Girls star Saoirse Monica Jackson reveals surprising job she did before becoming famous”, in Irish Mirror‎^[3]:

     I was a snagger on the building site, where I was going around pointing out problems.

Anagrams

• Gagners, Gangers, gangers, granges, naggers