单词 | pencil pusher |
释义 | > as lemmaspencil pusher pencil pusher n. North American derogatory = pen-pusher n. 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 1881 Harvard Lampoon 20 Apr. 42/2 After various chilling repulses, our pencil-pusher discovered a man smaller than himself. 1961 B. James Night of Kill ix. 120 He'd be damned if he was going to be a mid-watch pencil-pusher just to please his ulcerated pro-tem captain. 1994 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 5 June i. 21/1 The pencil-pushers had no idea about the kind of men their own governments had trained and prepared for battle so long ago. < as lemmas |
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