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Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift.
Origin of pen pusher
First recorded in 1910–15
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Words related to pen pusher
agent,
auditor,
bookkeeper,
cashier,
employee,
operator,
receptionist,
salesperson,
secretary,
teller,
worker,
amanuensis,
copyist,
counterperson,
notary,
recorder,
registrar,
seller,
stenographer,
transcriber How to use pen pusher in a sentence
Storey said Wright often returned applications “dripping in red pen.”
One industry executive complained that Wright returned unapproved applications “dripping in red pen.”
So, I had a pen and a pencil and started scribbling and drawing, and I felt good about it.
Artists would use pen names and scrawl them across subway cars, walls, shops, and office buildings.
When you are firing out at night, the red tracers go out into the blackness as if you were drawing with a light pen.
Squinty, several times, looked at the hole under the pen, by which he had once gotten out.
Several times after this the boy and his sisters came to look down into the pig pen.
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
And right after that, some nice sour milk would come splashing down into the trough of the pen.
Then the boy lifted out the comical little pig, and Squinty found himself inside a large box, very much like the pen at home.
British Dictionary definitions for pen pusher
noun
a person who writes a lot, esp a clerk involved with boring paperwork
Derived forms of penpusher
penpushing, adjective, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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