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- noun Plural form of
rigger .
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Examples
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One insider claimed: The riggers are a reactive force called into action for heavy lifting and the like as required - this was their downtime.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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"riggers" - who were near Hart as he stood on the catwalk waiting to descend to the ring.
PWTorch.com 2009
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You need to actually re-read it to make sure you're using words correctly – i.e. 'riggers' and 'flower.'
INTERVIEW: Melissa d’Arabian, Winner of The Next Food Network Star 2009
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"riggers," that is, men living ashore, who worked by the day in getting ships ready for sea; and this I found out to my cost, for yielding to the kind blandishment of one of these riggers, I had swapped away my jackknife with him for a much poorer one of his own, thinking to secure
Redburn. His First Voyage Herman Melville 1855
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Thirdly, Palin has demostrated that she is unfit for the job of U.S. President and its riggers.
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Thirdly, Palin has demostrated that she is unfit for the job of U.S. President and its riggers.
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Try the riggers at McCormik for an affordable example ..... running off more and more ocnventions year after year.
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And then the Alexanders - his official vote riggers
Archive 2009-04-01 Alan Smart 2009
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I know lots of people in the business, including riggers and engineers.
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A point that I made during the 2008 drilling furore: there are only so many offshore rigs, and only so many qualified offshore riggers.
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