Meaning of snagger | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fishing hook consisting of several hooks radiating from a centre.
2. A tool for lopping superfluous branches from a tree.
3. The slowest shearer in the shearing shed; an inexpert or poor shearer.
   Australia
4. A person who works on a snag-boat clearing away obstacles in the river.
5. A turnip.
   UK, dialectal
6. 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.
   Ireland, UK

Examples

“The `ringer' looks around and is beaten by a blow. And curses the old snagger with the blue-bellied Jo.”

“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.”

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

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

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