beater-upper

beater-upper

English

Noun

beater-upper (plural beater-uppers)

1. One who beats people up.
   • 1941 August 11, “Barrymore Beaten Up While Working For His Creditors”, in St. Petersburg Times‎:

     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.

   • 1965, Hearings [Agriculture dept.]‎:

     These are the muggers and beater-uppers, and car thieves and burglars and rapists, assaulters, and so on.

   • 1985 May 27, “A pug and a gentleman”, in The Sydney Morning Herald‎:

     […] and, in the best sporting tradition, the Gordon player gratefully helped his beater-upper back to his feet.