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Rigger

/ˈɹɪɡə(ɹ)/

One who rigs or dresses; as:

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noun
  1. 1

    One who rigs or dresses; as:

  2. 2

    A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar around a fixed fulcrum.

  3. 3

    A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.

  4. 4

    A plastic bottle of beer, typically between 1 L to 2.5 L volume.

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thimblenoun(sewing) A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material.
ropernoun(slang) Synonym of outside man (“accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster”).
ropesmannounsomeone who uses a rope
rigging monkeynoun(nautical) A crewmember of a sailing vessel whose primary responsibility is to climb the mast, usually with the assistance of a boatswain's chair, in order to work on the rigging of the ship.
ropemannounSomeone who uses a rope.
signalmannounSomebody employed to operate the signals and points of a railway.
drillernounOne who drills.
rackmasternoun(historical) The person who operates a rack (instrument of torture).
ropeworkernounOne who carries out ropework.
harnessernounOne who harnesses.
dressernoun(US) An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror.
wirernounA person who installs wiring.
derrickmannounA member of an oil drilling rig who works on a derrick suspended above the rig floor, manhandling the drillpipe.
racketernounOne who is skilled in racket sports.
rope dancernoun(dated) A tightrope walker; an acrobat.
trussernounOne who, or that which, trusses.
derrickhandnounA worker on an oil rig, working on a raised platform from which they guide instruments in and out of the well.
triggerernounOne who or that which triggers.
buttonernounOne who buttons something.
ringernoun(sports) A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.

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