pen pusher
noun
pen pushers
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pluralof pen pusher.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Since joining the House of Lords she has used her speeches to warn about proposed cuts to the civil service, criticising those who call public servants "pen pushers".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2025
And so were the salaries of all of those vitally important pen pushers in the school system.
From Forbes ● Jul. 16, 2015
A similar dispute that Brewdog had in 2013 with the UK's advertising watchdog, the ASA, saw Mr Watt call the officials "killjoy, self-important pen pushers".
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2015
Lloyd Webber argued that the deal "has got enormous implications for keeping the theater in the hands that it should be kept in, and not in the hands of pen pushers and number crunchers."
From Time Magazine Archive
Accordingly, he requires simply for head of departments active pen pushers, mute executors, docile and special hands, no need for honest and independent advisers.
From The Modern Regime, Volume 1 by John Durand
