Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hanger and flogger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: hang-er and flog-ger
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who is in favor of severe criminal penalties, especially capital punishment or corporal punishment.

British usage; Derogatory

Example Sentences

"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."
"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"."
"Later, as shadow home secretary, with her devout Catholicism informing her political positions, she [Ann Widdecombe] had opposed gay marriage, opposed the equalization of the age of consent for men, opposed abortion, but hadn't opposed the death penalty – a hanger and a flogger, she wanted that brought back."

Usage

British usage
Derogatory

Inflected Forms

hangers and floggers (plural) a hanger and a flogger (alternative)

Questions

What does hanger and flogger mean?: A person who is in favor of severe criminal penalties, especially capital punishment or corporal punishment.

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