nounAinmfhocal1person doing dirty workhe was quite happy to be the government's hatchet manbhí sé breá sásta obair shalach an rialtais a chur i gcrích2sportspórt, informalneamhfhoirmeáltain sport: dirty playerhe's the hatchet man at the backeisean an fear crua sna cúlaithe, eisean an fear salach sna cúlaithe