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straw boss

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A worker who acts as a boss or crew leader in addition to performing regular duties.

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  • noun US A worker acting as a supervisor of other workers

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  • noun a member of a work gang who supervises the other workers

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synonyms (30)

Words with the same meaning

  1. Big Brother
  2. auditor
  3. boatswain
  4. boss
  5. chief
  6. comptroller
  7. controller
  8. floor manager
  9. floorman
  10. floorwalker
  11. foreman
  12. gaffer
  13. ganger
  14. head
  15. headman
  16. inspector
  17. monitor
  18. noncommissioned officer
  19. overman
  20. overseer
  21. proctor
  22. sirdar
  23. slave driver
  24. subforeman
  25. super
  26. superintendent
  27. supervisor
  28. surveyor
  29. taskmaster
  30. visitor

hypernyms (5)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. boss
  2. chief
  3. foreman
  4. gaffer
  5. honcho

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  • ruzuzu commented on the word straw boss

    I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine

    I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine

    I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal

    And the straw boss said, "Well, a-bless my soul."

    --"Sixteen Tons"

    September 29, 2010