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hanger and flogger

hanger and flogger noun: a person who is in favor of severe criminal penalties, especially capital punishment or corporal punishment.

Noun

hanger and flogger (plural hangers and floggers)

  1. (UK, derogatory) A person who is in favor of severe criminal penalties, especially capital punishment or corporal punishment.
    • I am certainly not a hanger and flogger and I hate the occasions when we have to deprive someone of their liberty, but sometimes that has to be done.1994 April 25, Joan Seccombe, Baroness Seccombe, “Criminal Justice And Public Order Bill”, in parliamentary debates (House of Lords), column 487
    • Kenneth Clarke yesterday intensified his assault on Iain Duncan Smith when he dismissed his rival for the Tory leadership as a rightwing "hanger and flogger".2001 August 30, Nicholas Watt, “Clarke dismisses Tory rival as a 'hanger and flogger'”, in The Guardian

Forms of hanger and flogger

pluralhangers and floggers
alternative forma hanger and a flogger

Questions about hanger and flogger

What does hanger and flogger mean?
Hanger and flogger means a person who is in favor of severe criminal penalties, especially capital punishment or corporal punishment.
What part of speech is hanger and flogger?
Hanger and flogger is a noun.
What is the plural of hanger and flogger?
The plural of hanger and flogger is hangers and floggers.

Words near hanger and flogger in the dictionary

  1. hangee
  2. hangees
  3. hangehange
  4. hangehanges
  5. hanger
  6. hanger and flogger
  7. hanger on
  8. hanger steak
  9. hanger steaks
  10. hanger-on
  11. hanger-outer

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