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beater-uppers

beater-uppers is the plural of beater-upper.

Meaning of beater-upper

Noun

beater-upper (plural beater-uppers)

  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.1941 August 11, “Barrymore Beaten Up While Working For His Creditors”, in St. Petersburg Times

Questions about beater-uppers

What is beater-uppers the plural of?
Beater-uppers is the plural of beater-upper.

Words near beater-uppers in the dictionary

  1. beaten with the ugly stick
  2. beatenest
  3. beatenness
  4. beater
  5. beater-upper
  6. beater-uppers
  7. beaterman
  8. beatermen
  9. beaters
  10. beatest
  11. beateth

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