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Meanings of pencil pusher in English

Catalan
pixatinters

A clerk who does boring paperwork.

pixatinters
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Examples for "penpusher"
Examples for "penpusher"
1
If they give our brave soldiers something to take their minds off the grim realities of war, why should they be censored by humourless penpushers?
The Guardian
Usage of pencil pusher in English
1
Or perhaps we can strike another deal with the pencil pushers.
Existence
2
Called us small-minded pencil pushers stagnating in a quagmire of petty ethical constraints.
Caliban's War
3
All right, flag the pencil pushers and I'll gab my nob.
Writing for Vaudeville
4
I can bury those pencil pushers in paperwork, if that's the game they want to play.
Our little secret
Translations for pencil pusher