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hangers and floggers

hangers and floggers is the plural of hanger and flogger.

Meaning of hanger and flogger

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

Questions about hangers and floggers

What is hangers and floggers the plural of?
Hangers and floggers is the plural of hanger and flogger.

Words near hangers and floggers in the dictionary

  1. hanger-outer
  2. hangerless
  3. hangerock
  4. hangerocks
  5. hangers
  6. hangers and floggers
  7. hangers on
  8. hangers-on
  9. hangest
  10. hangeth
  11. hangeul

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