[1625–35; wriggle + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1625–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cabaret, etch, program, query, substratum-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
Examples of 'wriggler' in a sentence
wriggler
The cormorant tried four times to eat the wriggler, which was twice its size.
The Sun (2009)
The other is a wriggler, can shift his body very quickly and ends up in the box.
The Sun (2013)
The author is clearly one of the most accident-prone chefs of all time, but a world-class wriggler out of trouble.