Usually means: Device for deep-water fishing control.
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  1. downrigger: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. downrigger: Wiktionary
  3. downrigger: Dictionary.com
  4. Downrigger: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. downrigger: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (downrigger)

noun:  (fishing) A large reel of heavily weighted steel wire fishing line used to fish with trolled bait at great depths.

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