penpusher

British

/ ˈpɛnˌpʊʃə /

noun

a person who writes a lot, esp a clerk involved with boring paperwork

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Other Word Forms

penpushing adjective

Example Sentences

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Under pressure from the UGTT, the state went on a hiring spree after the revolution, adding tens of thousands of penpushers.

From Economist

Jermaine Pennant's Fantasy team name or the fact that the penpushers at the White House have pulled out of of an $850 quadrillion plan to build the Death Star.

From The Guardian

"That caused conjecture and huge public debate, and frankly produced an unsatisfactory situation," admitted the FA's chief penpusher.

From The Guardian

"Record this deed, you forty-dollar-a-month penpusher, before I grow peevish and rearrange your face," Bryant ordered, with his fingers tightening their grasp on the youth's collar.

From Project Gutenberg

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