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hatchet man |
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hatchet man a man who does the cruel or difficult things for someone else; someone who does someone else's dirty work. He served as the president's hatchet man and ended up doing all the dirty work. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The prime minister, Ayad Allawi, resided for a long period in the United States, had close links with the CIA, and earlier was a close colleague of Saddam Hussain, once serving as the dictator's hatchet man in Europe. Let's see: Democratic hatchet man James Carville, perhaps? In a fit of ill-temper, Stanley denounced the Times' importation of "a European hatchet man to savage his book. |
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