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desk jockey
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noun Informal.
an office worker who sits at a desk, often as contrasted with someone who does more important or active work: desk jockeys at the CIA.
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Origin of desk jockey
First recorded in 1950–55; modeled on disk jockey
Words nearby desk jockey
desk calendar, desk clerk, desk copier, deskfast, deskill, desk jockey, deskman, desknote, desk pad, deskperson, desk-size
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How to use desk jockey in a sentence
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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