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单词 hatchet man
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hatchet mannoun [ C usually singular ]

uk/ˈhætʃ.ɪt ˌmæn/us/ˈhætʃ.ɪt ˌmæn/informal

someone who is used for unpleasant and difficult or violent jobs

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Unpleasant people in general

  • a dog in the manger idiom
  • a nasty piece of work idiom
  • a tough/hard nut idiom
  • a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
  • bad lot
  • know-all
  • know-it-all
  • leech
  • make sb's skin crawl idiom
  • malcontent
  • rotter
  • runt
  • sadist
  • scum
  • scumbag
  • undesirables
  • vermin
  • villain
  • villain of the piece idiom
  • viper

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hatchet mannoun [ C ]

us/ˈhætʃ·ɪt ˌmæn/plural -men /-ˌmen/infml

someone who is employed to do unpleasant jobs, for example to reduce the number of employees or attack competitors unfairly

hatchet mannoun [ C ]

ukusinformal WORKPLACE

someone who is employed to do an unpleasant job such as reducing costs or telling people that they have lost their jobs:

The Fund hired in a hatchet man to find ways of increasing their profits.
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