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Meaning of pencil pusher | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

One who does routine office work; someone involved mainly in paperwork.

derogatory, informal, often

Equivalents

Čeština kancelářská krysa
Deutsch Bleistiftstemmer Bürohengst Sesselfurzer
Español cagatintas chupatintas plumífero tinterillo
Suomi konttorirotta kynänpyörittäjä
Français gratte-papier
Italiano scribbacchino
日本語 サラリーマン
Polski biurokrata gryzipiórek urzędas zarękawek
Română conțopist scriptolog
Svenska kontorsråtta

Examples

““[…] 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.”
“The internal investigator for the Macon Police Department had the dour, lifeless personality of a career pencil pusher.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

pencil pushing pencil sharpener pencil skirt pencil squid pencil stub pencil test

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