pencil_pusher has definitions from the field of work
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[ noun ] (work) a clerk who does boring paperwork

Synonyms

penpusher

Used in print

(Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)

If the acting captain wanted his acting lieutenant to sit on his ass around the station all night , Killpath would just have to go_out and drag Gun back by the heels once an hour ; because he 'd be damned if he was going_to be a mid-watch pencil-pusher just to please his ulcerated pro-tem captain .

Related terms

clerk

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