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We can try, but I am afraid we are in for a regular tearer.
From Stella Fregelius by Henry Rider Haggard
Our name, "Asparagus," is derived from a Greek word signifying "the tearer," in allusion to the spikes of some species; or perhaps from the Persian "Spurgas," a shoot.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
It is no tearer, no eradicator, no falterer, who in this frightfully beautiful bustle of passion and inevitableness has given a picture of his own dissoluteness.
From The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood by Frank Wedekind
"A good mark with that apple," coolly observed the Captain; "the Long Tom must be a tearer, to pitch its mouthful of iron this length."
From Tom Cringle's Log by Michael Scott
Which makes the most noise, Betsey Bobbet, a three-inch brook or a ten-footer? which is the tearer? which is the roarer?
From Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor by Thomas L. Masson
