biffer

/ ˈbɪfə /

noun

1. someone, such as a sportsperson, who has a reputation for hitting hard
2. an implement used to serve blows

Example Sentences

One of the major distinctions between work and play is that attendance is mandatory, according to my Facebook friend Ava Biffer, and that you are required to participate.

From Seattle Times

The arrival of Southee, an old-fashioned biffer, coincided with the introduction of Finn.

From The Guardian

Less than three years ago he was a biffer of a centre, a decent enough lower league bulldozer but so far off joining younger brother Ben in England colours that it would have taken an injury crisis on a par with the Black Death to see him called up.

From BBC

He may look like a tail-end, blacksmith biffer.

From The Guardian

There is no real answer to this, but young homegrown players and hardened internationalists looks like a pretty good mix: certainly at The Oval there was not much wrong with the duel between the still-wily 38-year-old Chaminda Vaas and junior biffer Rory Hamilton-Brown.

From The Guardian