Definitions
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- noun A man who
wields anaxe . - noun informal, music A
musician who plays aguitar orsaxophone .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Instead of the calling the axeman, Herod funds a political action committee and begins oppositional research.
Where's your dancer? 2009
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The specter of death lingers over the entire film, both figuratively with Tommy Lee Jones as a corporate "axeman" sent to close down the show after one last performance and literally, in the form of Virginia Madsen's angel in a white trenchcoat, a noirish avatar of death who Altman credits as the "Dangerous Woman" even though she's given an actual name in the film.
Archive 2008-11-01 Ed Howard 2008
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The specter of death lingers over the entire film, both figuratively with Tommy Lee Jones as a corporate "axeman" sent to close down the show after one last performance and literally, in the form of Virginia Madsen's angel in a white trenchcoat, a noirish avatar of death who Altman credits as the "Dangerous Woman" even though she's given an actual name in the film.
A Prairie Home Companion Ed Howard 2008
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Katy Perry into the spirit of things by pulling an 'axeman' face as she announces the best rock band Grammy nominees.
Home 2009
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He also revealed that he once branded Mr Blair 'a Tory 'to his face and regards Gordon Brown as a political' axeman '.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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Though it's hard to even mention without circling back around to our lead axeman, Dougie.
CfK Kilean Kennedy 2011
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Clearly, Big Dave's axeman took no pleasure in the occasion.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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The first boulder smashed down atop a charr axeman.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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The first boulder smashed down atop a charr axeman.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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But when the axeman cometh, so too does the autumn sun, the birds and the green shoots of a new generation
A life less ordinary: Tobias Jones Tobias Jones 2010
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