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The St. Cloud mall stabber, Dahir Adan, was born in a refugee camp in Kenya and had lived in the United States since age 2, becoming a U.S. citizen in 2008.

From Slate • Dec. 3, 2016

The craft of other men I do not fear, for I have encountered no formidable enemy save myself; but that same midnight stabber unhorsed me long ago.

From Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship by Cabell, James Branch

The goad with the iron brad was in the wagon, and snatching it out I struck the end against a stone, and the stabber flew into the mill-pond.

From A Study of Hawthorne by Lathrop, George Parsons

He meditated still more profoundly, and produced and began to pierce a second cigar with a curious little stabber he affected.

From Twelve Stories and a Dream by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

At the base there are figures representing Neptune with his fabled pickerel stabber, life size; also Amphitrite, Acis and Galatea.

From Remarks by Nye, Bill