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▪ I. rigger1|ˈrɪgə(r)|
[f. rig v.2]
1. a. Naut. One who rigs ships.
1611Cotgr., Galefretier, a rigger, trimmer, mender of ships. 1703Lond. Gaz. No. 3929/4 Wife of William Holcroft, Rigger in Her Majesty's Yard at Deptford. 1772Hertford Merc. Suppl. 18 Sept. 3/1 One of the Riggers belonging to his Majesty's Dock-yard. 1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast xxxv, Riggers' seizings and overhand knots in place of nice seamanlike work. 1884Manch. Exam. 21 Apr. 5/1 The crosstree fell some 80 feet on to the deck, carrying with it a rigger, who was picked up dead.
b. One who attends to the rigging of aircraft.
1912Flight 20 Apr. 348/2 N.C.O.'s and air mechanics will be required as engine drivers, fitters,..riggers, &c. 1920[see rigging (vbl.) n.2 1 b]. 1930Daily Express 6 Oct. 2/5 Norcott, A. W. J., aged twenty-nine, rigger... No previous flying experience before joining R 101 in October 1929. 1942R.A.F. Jrnl. 30 May 30 By what, then, is the R.A.F. kept in the air?.. Perhaps by the riggers.. or the Observer Corps?
2. Mech. A band-wheel. Also attrib.
1797Trans. Soc. Arts XV. 282 Which rollers are turned from the outside by the riggers or ratchet-wheels. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 371 The knife is kept moving..by means of a band passing round the small rigger. 1838Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. I. 357/2 Certain Improvements in Rigger Pulley Bands, for driving Machinery. 1894Labour Commission Gloss. s.v., In the mill-sawing industry the band wheels revolving on the shafting are called riggers.
3. (See quot. 1883.)
1883M. E. James How to Decorate 12 A very long-haired sable brush (technically called a rigger)..derives its odd name from marine painters, who with such brushes delineate the cordage of ships. 1887Art Jrnl. 341 Some prefer..to use the long-pointed sable brush, known to the dealers in artists' materials as a ‘rigger’.
4. A vessel with a specified rig.
1893[see in-rigger]. 1897Kipling Capt. Cour. ix. 229 They're square-riggers, mother; iron built an' well found. 1935L. Luard Conquering Seas i. 9 They drove those full riggers in the good old days.
5. Colloquial abbrev. of outrigger 3.
6. a. One who works on an oil rig (orig., on a rotary one). b. One who is employed in the construction of oil rigs.
1949Amer. Speech XXIV. 35 From this conflict emerged the titles..rigger..and swivel neck for rotary drillers. 1974BP Shield Internat. Oct. 8/3 Highlands Fabricators created their own skilled local workforce..by training 610 former farm workers..as welders, riggers and fabricators. 1977Offshore Engineer May 10/2 (Advt.), Manpower—experienced Fitters, Riggers and Welders.
Add:[1.] c. A person who erects and maintains scaffolding, lifting tackle, or similar equipment.
1915Census Eng. & Wales 1911 (Cd. 7660) X. 309/2 Rigger (Copper Rolling Mills)..Rigger (Iron Blast Furnaces)..Rigger (Engineering), [etc.]. 1942R. L. Haig-Brown Timber X. 130 A hooker or a rigger getting his seven or eight bucks won't get very het up because a section man only gets forty cents an hour. 1962Testing & Licensing Construction Equipment Operators (U.S. Dept. Navy) p. a-1a, Under what conditions is it permissible for a rigger or signalman to ride on the hook or load? 1977Sci. Amer. Feb. 128/1 A lone rigger coolly turns a crank, while a few others shoulder heavy rollers into place. 1981R. Airth Once a Spy ix. 91 He'd started life in a circus, but not as a performer... Angelo had worked as a rigger and handyman. 1986Sunday Express Mag. 7 Dec. 34/2 Hogan was working as a rigger on Sydney Harbour bridge, earning $120 a week.
▪ II. rigger2|ˈrɪgə(r)|
[f. rig v.6]
A thimble-rigger; one who rigs the market, etc.
c1830Frauds of London 12 The rig is practised at fairs, at races [etc.]... The rigger offers to bet sovereigns, crowns, half-crowns, and so on. 1859Athenæum 31 Dec. 888 The name of Solomons is suggestive of..auction-mart ‘riggers’, second-hand garments, and the slums of Aldgate. 1883Pall Mall G. 31 Oct. 5/1 A great cotton cornerer has gone the way of most of those great financial market ‘riggers’.
▪ III. rigger3 Austral. and N.Z. slang.|ˈrɪgə(r)|
[Origin unknown.]
(See quot. 1941.)
1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 60 Rigger, a quart bottle of beer, esp. a quart of draught beer in a square-faced gin bottle. 1943F. Sargeson in Penguin New Writing XVII. 66 I'd meet him every day, and I'd always bring a couple of riggers. |