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ˈsnagger
[f. snag v.2 2, 4 c.]
1. dial. (See quot.)
1847Halliw. s.v. Snag, A snagger..is a simple bill-hook without the usual edge on the back. 1877–99in dial. glossaries (Cumb., Yks.).
2. Austral. A slow, inexpert, or poor sheep-shearer.
1887Tibb's Popular Songbk. 11, I found a lot of snaggers Not a shearer in the mob. a1914Click go Shears in R. Ward Austral. Ballads (1964) 120 The ringer looks round and is beaten by a blow, And curses the snagger with the bare-bellied yeo. 1945Baker Austral. Lang. 63 Snagger, a shearer who is learning the trade and handling less than fifty sheep a day. 1969B. Hardy West of Darling 106 Since they were slow, inexpert, and rough in their performances, the poorest shearers in the shed were nicknamed ‘snaggers’. 1975Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 14 Sept. 6/6 The younger men who have taken the old ‘snaggers'’ places, stand up on ‘the board’..and shear along with the best of them.
3. N. Amer. One who snags fish; one who catches fish illicitly.
1946Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 17 Mar. b11/2 Alewives which have been snagged by the many ‘snaggers’ on the dam. 1976Globe & Mail (Toronto) 20 Oct. 36/3 Among this group were many snaggers, fish hogs using any means to trap the big fish. One man, armed only with a landing net, scooped away at fish in one pool. |