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单词 pen-pusher
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pen-pushern.

Brit. /ˈpɛnˌpʊʃə/, U.S. /ˈpɛnˌpʊʃər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pen n.3, pusher n.
Etymology: < pen n.3 + pusher n. Compare slightly later pencil pusher n. at pencil n. Compounds 2.
A clerk; a (low-level) bureaucrat. Also: a writer, a hack. Frequently derogatory. Cf. pencil pusher n. at pencil n. Compounds 2.
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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
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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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