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"hatchet man" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a person who is responsible for carrying out unpleasant or ruthless tasks on behalf of someone in a position of power. It can also refer to someone who is hired to do dirty work for a company or organization. Example: The CEO's hatchet man was tasked with making the difficult decision to lay off half of the company's employees in order to cut costs.
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Lichtblau, Issa charged, "is a notorious hatchet man".
Sugar Land, Tex., home of Tom DeLay, Republican hatchet man.
Dylan McDermott plays the hatchet man dispatched to make Marty into a political machine.
"He was a talented political hatchet man, a trusted deputy to Hoover.
Other candidates include the president's longtime political hatchet man, Michael Sata, now a harsh critic.
But the director at the time blamed a "hatchet man" from a local Hearst paper.
Sharing a page are "The Lizard and the Hatchet Man," and "The Buzzard and the Snake".
With a soft smile and gentle eyes, he hardly looks like a hatchet man.
"It's not in Arnold's nature to be a hatchet man," Mr. Schnur said.
Jack joins up with Willie and becomes his confidant and his hatchet man.
However, you failed to mention that Mr Bork was also a hatchet man for Richard Nixon during the Watergate investigation.
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