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  • noun Alternative form of pen-pusher.

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  • noun a clerk who does boring paperwork

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Examples

  • Also: le gratte-ciel = skyscraper le gratte-dos = backscratcher le gratte-papier = penpusher le gratte-pieds = shoe-scraper

    French Word-A-Day: 2005

  • Also: le gratte-ciel = skyscraper le gratte-dos = backscratcher le gratte-papier = penpusher le gratte-pieds = shoe-scraper

    French Word-A-Day: 2005

  • Also: le gratte-ciel = skyscraper le gratte-dos = backscratcher le gratte-papier = penpusher le gratte-pieds = shoe-scraper

    gratter - French Word-A-Day 2005

  • Maybe taking on his penpusher of a daughter will be good karma.

    Above Suspicion Lynda La Plante 2004

  • Maybe taking on his penpusher of a daughter will be good karma.

    Above Suspicion Lynda La Plante 2004

  • That little penpusher will know better than to tangle with my boy again Now Sean had a course along which to race.

    When the Lion Feeds Smith, Wilbur 1964

  • But some educated foreign penpusher persuaded his boss to put you on a list with some pretty rough company.

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • But some educated foreign penpusher persuaded his boss to put you on a list with some pretty rough company.

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • NHS penpusher boom: Wages bill is up £78m as 'costly' drugs are vetoed

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • On a roll, this penpusher bounces upstairs to catch singer Márcio Local's first gig outside of his native Brazil.

    The Stirrer 2009

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