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1683 J. Shirley Compl. Courtier 19 No, thou death dealer, cruel'st of thy Sex, Thy smiles nor frowns shall neither please nor vex.

1787 Sketches of Day 45 No murd'ring hero, no death-dealer comes.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. iv. 210 The size of the little death-dealer made me hold his anger cheap.

1837 Jrnl. Amer. Temperance Union May 69/2 The man who furnishes the death-dealer with a house wherein to carry on his wicked work, is responsible for the results.

a1930 D. H. Lawrence Etruscan Places (1932) ii. 60 On the sculptured side of the sarcophagus the two death-dealers wield the hammer of death.

2006 ‘T. Reynolds’ Blood, Sweat & Tea (2009) 224 It's that special time of the year again, when death-dealers descend on Newham to enjoy the ‘Defence Systems and Equipment International exhibition’.