jack-in-office
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He was equally fine as Malvolio: a preening, stiff-gaited jack-in-office who, like all first-rate Malvolios, enlisted one's sympathy in his downfall.
From The Guardian
Jack-in-office is a great man.
From Project Gutenberg
These, till they were wanted, leaned against the wall behind, conversing in loud tones with other members of the Battalion of Testimony, or fawning with fulsome scrapings about Major Sirr, who, with the pompous airs of a jack-in-office, acted as master of the judicial ceremonies.
From Project Gutenberg
It was not the vanity of power--the attribute of Jack-in-office, which had galvanised his careless nature into serious purpose.
From Project Gutenberg
He vaguely feared that this was some new Jack-in-office again bidding him move on; but he was wrong.
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