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paper-pusher

noun paper-pushers

  1. derogatory, informal A clerk or bureaucrat, especially one with a routine job.

    Similar: pencil pusher

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noun clerk or bureaucrat

Italianopassacarte
Русскийофисный планктон ofisnyj plankton, канцелярская крыса kanceljarskaja krysa

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@misc{paper_pusher_2026,
  title = {paper-pusher},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paper-pusher},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}