desk jockey

Contrary to what you’d probably guess, the employees who participated in the trial weren’t all desk jockeys—in fact, many of them worked in roles with a high level of person-to-person interaction.
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I was sick in street gutters, onto my desk, at dinners with friends.
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But Scott, in taking the parlance of the street to the SportsCenter desk, helped affirm its ascendance.
Remembering ESPN’s Sly, Cocky, and Cool Anchor Stuart Scott|Stereo Williams|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
President Harry Truman kept a sign on his desk that read: “The Buck Stops Here.”
The ‘No Child’ Rewrite Threatens Your Kids’ Future|Jonah Edelman|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST

While the desk sergeant ran a background check, he was roughed up by another officer in the lock-up.
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She suggested that Gregory stack newspapers on his desk to give the set an intimate, coffeehouse feel.
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At his desk sat his secretary, who had been a witness of the interview, lost in wonder almost as great as the Seneschal's own.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Taking his stand at the end of the desk, he made MacRae reiterate in detail the grim happenings of that night.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Dobson, mouth agape, struck a little bell on the desk and the orderly stepped in from the outer room.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
When I again turned to Lessard he still stood at the end of the desk, industriously paring his fingernails.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
He took his accustomed seat at the desk, and placed a large ledger before him.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various

Origin of desk jockey