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pencil pushers

pencil pushers is the plural of pencil pusher.

Meaning of pencil pusher

Noun

pencil pusher (plural pencil pushers)

  1. (derogatory, informal, often) One who does routine office work; someone involved mainly in paperwork.
    • “[…] I don't have her creative genius or her version. I'm a numbers man, like my father. A pencil pusher, as Amanda said.” With no balls, he added silently.2012, Danielle Steel, The Sins of the Mother, Random House, →ISBN, page 285

Questions about pencil pushers

What is pencil pushers the plural of?
Pencil pushers is the plural of pencil pusher.

Words near pencil pushers in the dictionary

  1. pencil pointer
  2. pencil pointers
  3. pencil pouch
  4. pencil pouches
  5. pencil pusher
  6. pencil pushers
  7. pencil pushing
  8. pencil sharpener
  9. pencil sharpeners
  10. pencil skirt
  11. pencil skirts

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