stabber

stabber

English

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English stab
English -er
English stabber

    From stab + -er.

    Noun

    stabber (plural stabbers)

    1. One who, or that which, stabs.
      • 1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 14:
        Consider the cold-eyed thrush, that springy carnivore of lawns, worm stabber, basher to death of snails.
    2. (nautical) A small marlinespike.

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