clock puncher

noun

1. a worker with a routine job in a factory or office, as one who punches a time clock at the beginning and end of a work shift.

Example Sentences

Wallace Fox was a clock puncher, a work-for-hire employee who followed instructions — which might explain his limited Internet footprint.

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If Malone was celebrated for anything, it was as the ultimate inside operator, the definitive clock puncher.

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“He is one of the highest-compensated anglers on the tour because of how he treats people and the time he gives customers, whether it’s the C.E.O. or the clock puncher at the local plant.”

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