Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
RIGGER, n. Sc. usages:
1. One who attaches nossels to cork and sole-ropes on a herring net (Ags. 1927 Dict. Occup. Terms (H.M.S.O.) 180).
2. Comb. rigger-worm, a kind of marine worm used as bait (Ags., Bwk. 1968).Fif. 1939 St. Andrews Cit. (18 March) 2:
They [the fish] would sometimes readily take mussel bait, while at other times they would ignore it and take the lug and “rigger” worms.
