snaggern.

Etymology: < snag v.² 2, 4cPrevious versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsnagger.

1. dialect. (See quot. 1847.)

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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > bill hook

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1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. at Snag A snagger..is a simple bill-hook without the usual edge on the back.

2. Australian. A slow, inexpert, or poor sheep-shearer.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > sheep-shearer

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1887 Tibb's Popular Songbk. 11 I found a lot of snaggers Not a shearer in the mob.

a1914 Click 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.

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. 63 Snagger, a shearer who is learning the trade and handling less than fifty sheep a day.

1969 B. Hardy West of Darling 106 Since they were slow, inexpert, and rough in their performances, the poorest shearers in the shed were nicknamed ‘snaggers’.

1975 Sunday 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. North American. One who snags fish; one who catches fish illicitly.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using illicit methods

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1946 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 17 Mar. b11/2 Alewives which have been snagged by the many ‘snaggers’ on the dam.

1976 Globe & 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	snagger
释义	snaggern. Etymology: < snag v.² 2, 4cPrevious versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsnagger. 1. dialect. (See quot. 1847.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > bill hook wood-billc725 billc1000 falsartc1380 wood-hookc1440 falchion1483 forest-bill1488 bush-scythe1552 brush-bill1588 cutting-bill1601 bill-hook1611 hook-bill1613 bush-bill1631 hack1846 snagger1847 slasher1858 bush-hook1860 slash-hook1891 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. at Snag A snagger..is a simple bill-hook without the usual edge on the back. 2. Australian. A slow, inexpert, or poor sheep-shearer. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > sheep-shearer clippera1382 shearer1388 sheep-shearer1539 forcer1553 fleecer1612 tiger1865 tomahawker1870 snagger1887 boss of the board1896 gun1898 jingling Johnny1904 barrowman1940 ryebuck shearera1957 barrower1965 1887 Tibb's Popular Songbk. 11 I found a lot of snaggers Not a shearer in the mob. a1914 Click 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. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. 63 Snagger, a shearer who is learning the trade and handling less than fifty sheep a day. 1969 B. Hardy West of Darling 106 Since they were slow, inexpert, and rough in their performances, the poorest shearers in the shed were nicknamed ‘snaggers’. 1975 Sunday 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. North American. One who snags fish; one who catches fish illicitly. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using illicit methods otterer1901 snagger1946 1946 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 17 Mar. b11/2 Alewives which have been snagged by the many ‘snaggers’ on the dam. 1976 Globe & 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1847
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