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- noun Plural form of
hatchetman (alternative spelling ofhatchet men ).
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Examples
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It may be that the Chinese 'highbinder' has a discrete origin: thus Asbury _Barbary Coast_ 1933 185: 'The _boo how doy_, popularly known as hatchetmen or highbinders, received regular salaries, with extra pay for exceptional bravery in battle.'
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It may be that the Chinese 'highbinder' has a discrete origin: thus Asbury _Barbary Coast_ 1933 185: 'The _boo how doy_, popularly known as hatchetmen or highbinders, received regular salaries, with extra pay for exceptional bravery in battle.'
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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Karl Rove and his fellow GOP hatchetmen are raking in obscene amounts of undisclosed money, using it to lie to voters, all the while lying about the campaign finance fiasco that's allowing them to buy an election cycle.
Happy Hour Roundup Greg Sargent 2010
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Palin conducts herself just fine if she isn't being targeted by hostile MSM or liberal hatchetmen.
First on the Ticker: Palin will not run for re-election 2009
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He also worked with the less-than-great: hatchetmen, gossips, wire-pullers.
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Sounds like McCain's hatchetmen will be busy advising her as the meeting progresses what to do, say, and offer.
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It's even harder when those hatchetmen claim to be doing it in the name of our nation's young people.
Dan Brown: The Stimulus Boosts Students and Exposes Shortsighted Nitwits 2009
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She has never had trouble smacking down Republican hatchetmen, but she seemed genuinely surprised that her fellow Democrats would engage in that kind of pointless and shameful attack.
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I also not that Baker in interviews (see Family of Secrets site for links) has made the case that people like Bush family hatchetmen must be looked at in the larger context as being agents or operatives for the preservation of the larger oligarchical system albeit on a lower rung than the Bushes.
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She has never had trouble smacking down Republican hatchetmen, but she seemed genuinely surprised that her fellow Democrats would engage in that kind of pointless and shameful attack.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama To Hillary: Stop Playing The Victim 2009
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