Beater-upper

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.