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pencil pusher

 
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–noun Informal.
a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
Also called pen pusher.

Origin:
1880–85, Americanism
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pencil pusher  
n.   Informal
One whose job involves writing and other paperwork.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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pencil-pusher

  1. n.
    a bureaucrat; a clerk; an office worker. (See also paper-pusher.) : Look here, you lousy pencil-pusher, I want to talk to your boss!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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