单词 | pen-pusher |
释义 | pen-pushern. A clerk; a (low-level) bureaucrat. Also: a writer, a hack. Frequently derogatory. Cf. pencil pusher n. at pencil n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > [noun] > clerical clerk1512 underwriter1654 conicopoly1680 karkun1803 babu1823 pen-pusher1875 pencil pusher1881 mabalane1925 paper-pusher1942 society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > inferior writer scribblera1556 paper-blurrera1586 by-writer1587 feather-driver1593 squitter-book1594 paper-stainer1596 blur-paper1603 spoil-paper1610 penster1611 inkhorn matea1616 squitter-wit1615 ink-dabbler1616 squitter-pulpa1640 quill-driver1700 scribble-scrabble1707 authorling1752 writerling1802 inkhorn varlet1820 toe-writer1845 pen-driver1854 anonymuncule1859 ink-jerker1865 pen-pusher1875 pseudonymuncle1875 ink-spiller1881 ink-slinger1887 blotter- 1875 Oakland (Calif.) Daily Evening Tribune 25 Mar. A certain young pen-pusher in one of Oakland banks. 1911 Busy Man's Mag. Jan. 65/2 That fellow was a pen~pusher in a dough joint—I mean a bank clerk. 1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway vii. 173 Who the hell are you, anyway? Just a bloody penpusher. 1972 Guardian 23 Oct. 9/3 The more assiduous pen-pushers among London Transport's 6,000 administrative, technical, clerical and control staff. 2003 Sun (Nexis) 3 Dec. As patient care plummets, the report says billions of pounds are spent hiring increasing numbers of penpushers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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