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plural worriers
A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily. examples
A person who causes worry in others. examples
An animal that seizes or shakes another by the throat. quotations examples
The person owning a dog which had destroyed sheep could be made to pay for the damage; but the Court should also have an undoubted power to order incurable sheep-worriers to be destroyed.
1886, New Zealand. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, volume 54, page 401