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beater-upper

noun

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  1. One who beats people up.

    • Yesterday he was doing just that by submitting to a thorough beating up at the hands of Miss Lupe Velez, who's probably the best beater-upper of either sex in Hollywood.
    • These are the muggers and beater-uppers, and car thieves and burglars and rapists, assaulters, and so on.
    • […] and, in the best sporting tradition, the Gordon player gratefully helped his beater-upper back to his feet.

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