HATCHET

[noun] [C] - a small tool with a blade which cuts when you hit things with it; a small axeSee picture: AxesSomeone who is hatchet-faced has a thin, hard and unpleasant or cruel face.(informal) A hatchet job is a cruel written or spoken attack on someone or something.Currie has condemned the profile of the minister as a hatchet job.Fleck was certainly not the only critic to do a hatchet job on his latest novel.(informal) A hatchet man is someone who is used for unpleasant and difficult or violent jobs.In a recession, the axe is always poised and the company hatchet man works overtime.