Beater-upper

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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"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."

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