pencil pusher
pencil pusher · pencil pushers
One who does routine office workOne who does routine office work; someone involved mainly in paperwork.
» I'm just a pencil pusher.
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1 senses(derogatory, informal, often)One who does routine office work; someone involved mainly in paperwork.
Bleistiftstemmer, Sesselfurzer, Bürohengst
a clerk who does boring paperwork
Examples
1 sentencesI'm just a pencil pusher.
Translations
5 languagesDeutsch
one who does office work:
Origin
US origin, 1881.US origin, 1881.
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