snagger

Noun

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.
   • The `ringer' looks around and is beaten by a blow. And curses the old snagger with the blue-bellied Jo. - 1946 October 9, The Advocate, Melbourne, page 9, column 2:
4. A person who works on a snag-boat clearing away obstacles in the river.
5. A turnip.
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.
   • 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. - 2019 February 15, “'Some so-called tradesmen should be truly ashamed of...
   • We've gone from a small company in west Wales to the UK's number one snagger inspectors - 2022 October 21, John Cooper, quotee, “The building inspectors exposing cowboy builders on TikTok: Experts' videos blasting...
   • I was a snagger on the building site, where I was going around pointing out problems. - 2024 January 3, Saoirse Monica Jackson, quotee, “Derry Girls star Saoirse Monica Jackson reveals surprising job she did before...