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- noun Plural form of
axeman .
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Examples
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This breakdown in industrial relations can only escalate after the general election, whoever wins, as the 'axemen' begin hacking jobs and services in the strongly unionised public sector.
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Each log was hand-hewed and squared -- an expensive whim when the axemen received a daily wage of fifteen dollars; but to him nothing could be too costly for the home in which Mabel Holmes was to live.
THE FAITH OF MEN 2010
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Labour tribalists won't believe this, and the Treasury axemen won't like it, but it is quite rare to find a minister, Conservative or Lib Dem, who relishes firing people.
Spending cuts: When ministers talk of lynch mobs, you know they're scared 2010
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Along with drummer/comedian Ken Weaver and a rotating band of ace axemen, the Fugs released 16 or so albums of satirical, left-wing, smutty, dope-addled rock and roll and mixed poetry and rock before the Doors.
Michael Simmons: Ed Sanders: The American Bard Takes On Katrina 2008
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When the Union batteries opened fire, “it was absolutely deafening,” recounted an Alabama major, “& the limbs from the trees fell as fast as if axemen were at work.”
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008
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When the Union batteries opened fire, “it was absolutely deafening,” recounted an Alabama major, “& the limbs from the trees fell as fast as if axemen were at work.”
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008
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The axemen are the last to have their overtime cut. and as you need to cut more you need more axemen.
EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Clinton Advises NHS on Hospital Closures 2006
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The axemen stand on a board at a height of approximately 3.1m above the ground.
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Boone agreed to the task, picked thirty-five axemen, and wandered off to cut a 200-mile swath in less than a year.
mini regional U.S. history lesson ... go! cherie_priest 2007
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Thirty axemen raced down toward the beach, brawny men in sleeveless tunics, their axes gleaming in the sun.
The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005
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