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pen-pushers

pen-pushers is the plural of pen-pusher.

Meaning of pen-pusher

Noun

pen-pusher (plural pen-pushers)

  1. (derogatory, informal, often) A person who performs routine office work, involving mainly paperwork.
    • A pen-pusher in a Sixth ave. office said a coal miner is paid well. I asked him if he ever dug coal. Oh no!1925 June 21, “Letters: Miners Well Paid?”, in Pittsburgh Press, retrieved 21 Aug 2010

Questions about pen-pushers

What is pen-pushers the plural of?
Pen-pushers is the plural of pen-pusher.

Words near pen-pushers in the dictionary

  1. pen-name
  2. pen-names
  3. pen-picture
  4. pen-pictures
  5. pen-pusher
  6. pen-pushers
  7. pen-tailed treeshrew
  8. pen-tailed treeshrews
  9. pen-torch
  10. pen-torches
  11. Pen-y-bont

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