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Definition of pencil-pusher - 1 dictionary result

pencil pusher

–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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