| 单词 | clock puncher |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclock puncher clock puncher n. a worker who has to clock in and out of work (see clock v.4 Phrasal verbs); (hence also) a person employed in dull, monotonous work that requires little skill or mental effort, or who has a perfunctory approach to working. ΚΠ 1910 Electric Railway Jrnl. 25 June 1087/2 Double registration, mistakes in ringing in or out,..and sometimes bent or dented mechanism occur when a set of inexperienced ‘clock punchers’ attempt to inaugurate a system of this kind without definite supervision. 1937 Purple Parrot Apr. 16/2 Life holds greater joys than that of being a clock-puncher and a wage slave. 2009 M. S. Lee et al. Cross-cultural Selling for Dummies vi. 122 Many businesses treat them [sc. cashiers] merely as entry-level employees, and so that's what they get—clock punchers who simply ring up orders, take money, swipe credit cards, and bag the goods. < as lemmas |
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