hatchet man
Meaning
- A male professional killer or gunman.
- (US, historical) A male hatchet-wielding participant in a Chinese-American tong war.
- (colloquial, idiomatic) A male who carries out brutal and unpleasant duties on behalf of another, such as firing dead wood employees.
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