stabber

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Etymology[edit]

stab +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

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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