Usually means: Serial killer with nine victims.
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  1. nine-killer: Merriam-Webster
  2. nine-killer: Wordnik
  3. nine-killer: Wiktionary
  4. Nine-killer, nine-killer: Dictionary.com
  5. Nine-killer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. nine-killer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Nine-killer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. NINE-KILLER: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  9. nine-killer: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Nine-killer: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nine-killer)

▸ noun:  (archaic) The northern shrike (Lanius borealis).

Similar:
great northern shrike, northern shrike, murderbird, great grey shrike, butcherbird, lesser grey shrike, sniper, masked shrike, chatshrike, antshrike, more...

Opposite:
nine-saver, nine-preserver, nine-protector

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Similar:
great northern shrike, northern shrike, murderbird, great grey shrike, butcherbird, lesser grey shrike, sniper, masked shrike, chatshrike, antshrike, more...

Opposite:
nine-saver, nine-preserver, nine-protector



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