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PENCIL PUSHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pencil pusher mean?
• PENCIL PUSHER (noun)
The noun PENCIL PUSHER has 1 sense:
1. a clerk who does boring paperwork
Familiarity information: PENCIL PUSHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A clerk who does boring paperwork
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
pencil pusher; penpusher
Hypernyms ("pencil pusher" is a kind of...):
clerk (an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts))
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