- pen [pencil] pusher
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Conversation vocabulary and slang. English-Russian dictionary. А. Фединой. 2015.
pen [pencil] pusher
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pencil-pusher — penˈcil pusher same as ↑pen pusher (see under ↑pen1). • • • Main Entry: ↑pencil * * * ˈpencil pusher [pencil pusher pencil pushers] noun ( … Useful english dictionary
pencil pusher — ˈpencil ˌpusher noun [countable] a pen pusher * * * pencil pusher UK US noun [C] US ► PEN PUSHER(Cf. ↑pen pusher) … Financial and business terms
pencil pusher — pencil pushers N COUNT (disapproval) If you call someone a pencil pusher, you mean that their work consists of writing or dealing with documents, and does not seem very useful or important. [AM] ...the pencil pushers who decide the course of… … English dictionary
pencil pusher — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms pencil pusher : singular pencil pusher plural pencil pushers American informal a pen pusher … English dictionary
pencil pusher — Informal. a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record keeping, etc. Also called pen pusher. [1880 85, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
pencil pusher — noun One who does routine office work; someone involved mainly in paperwork. Syn: bureaucrat, pen pusher … Wiktionary
pencil-pusher — noun N. Amer. another term for pen pusher … English new terms dictionary
pencil pusher — noun (C) AmE pen pusher … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pencil pusher — Noun. A person who works at a desk and whose job involves a large amount of paper work or administration, such as an office clerk. Derog. Cf. pen pusher … English slang and colloquialisms
pencil pusher — off pen′cil push er n. inf inf a person, as a bookkeeper or clerk, whose job involves much paperwork • Etymology: 1880–85, amer … From formal English to slang
pen pusher — ˈpen ˌpusher noun [countable] someone who has a boring and unimportant job in an office; = pencil pusher AmE * * * pen pusher UK US noun [C] UK (US pencil pusher) ► DISAPPROVING someone who has an office job that is not very interesting or… … Financial and business terms
