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desk job

desk job noun: an employment position in which one remains mostly seated at a desk, performing routine office work.

Noun

desk job (plural desk jobs)

  1. (informal) An employment position in which one remains mostly seated at a desk, performing routine office work.
    • For 13 months in 1966 and '67 Corson served as commander of 3,500 men in 114 platoons spread out in hamlets across five provinces in South Viet Nam. . . . In 1968 Corson was reassigned to a desk job at the Pentagon.1981 July 13, “Advice and Dissent”, in Time
    • "I really like working with the clients. Things break, but I've always been handy. And it sure beats a desk job," he says.2006 June 5, Janet Novack, “Beach House Bummer”, in Forbes, retrieved 21 Aug 2010

Forms of desk job

pluraldesk jobs

Questions about desk job

What does desk job mean?
Desk job means an employment position in which one remains mostly seated at a desk, performing routine office work.
What part of speech is desk job?
Desk job is a noun.
What is the plural of desk job?
The plural of desk job is desk jobs.

Words near desk job in the dictionary

  1. desk drawer
  2. desk drawers
  3. desk drop
  4. desk drops
  5. desk fan
  6. desk job
  7. desk jobs
  8. desk jockey
  9. desk jockeys
  10. desk killer
  11. desk killers

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