snagger — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

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.

   Uso

   • Australia

   Esempi

   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. A turnip.

   Uso

   • uso britannico
   • 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.

   Uso

   • Ireland
   • uso britannico

   Esempi

   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

   Altri esempi (1)

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