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1 noun(a) (for writing) stylo m;∎ fountain pen stylo m à plume, stylo-plume m;∎ ball(point) pen stylo m à bille, stylo-bille m;∎ felt(-tip) pen (crayon m ou stylo m) feutre m;∎ to put pen to paper écrire, prendre sa plume;∎ another novel from the pen of Muriel Spark un nouveau roman de la plume de Muriel Spark;∎ she lives by her pen elle vit de sa plume;∎ a slip of the pen un lapsus;∎ proverb the pen is mightier than the sword un coup de langue est pire qu'un coup de lance(b) (of squid) plume f(c) (female swan) cygne m femelle(d) (for animals) enclos m, parc m;∎ sheep pen parc m à moutons∎ (submarine) pen bassin m protégé∎ in the pen en taule, en cabane;∎ he spent ten years in the pen il a passé dix ans en taule, il a fait dix ans de taule∎ a letter penned in a childish hand une lettre d'une écriture enfantine∎ to pen in or up (livestock) parquer, enfermer dans un enclos; (dog) enfermer; (person) enfermer, cloîtrer, claquemurer►► British pen friend correspondant(e) m,f (épistolaire);pen name nom m de plume, pseudonyme m;pen nib plume f (de stylo);familiar pen pal correspondant(e)□ mf (épistolaire);familiar pejorative pen pusher gratte-papier m inv;familiar pejorative pen pushing travail m de bureau□
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paper-pusher — ˈpaper ˌpusher noun [countable] informal disapproving someone whose job is doing unimportant office work; =PEN PUSHER: • unnecessary regulations that turn would be entrepreneurs into paper pushers … Financial and business terms
paper-pusher — paper .pusher n someone whose job is doing unimportant office work British Equivalent: pen pusherAmerican Equivalent: pencil pusher … Dictionary of contemporary English
paper pusher — UK US noun [C] DISAPPROVING WORKPLACE ► someone who works in an office doing work that is not considered to be important: »The management has turned highly trained biologists into paper pushers … Financial and business terms
paper-pusher — 1. n. a bureaucrat; a clerk in the military services; any office worker. (See also pencil pusher.) □ If those paper pushers can’t get their work done on time, make them stay late. □ I on’t want to talk to some paper pusher, I want to talk to the… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
paper-pusher — noun a clerk or bureaucrat who does paperwork • Hypernyms: ↑bureaucrat, ↑administrative official, ↑clerk * * * ˈpaper pusher 7 [paper pusher] noun ( … Useful english dictionary
paper-pusher — paper pushing, adj. /pay peuhr poosh euhr/, n. Informal. 1. a person who has a routine desk job. 2. a bureaucrat. Also called paper shuffler /pay peuhr shuf leuhr/. * * * … Universalium
paper pusher — noun, pl ⋯ ers [count] chiefly US informal + disapproving : someone who does boring or unimportant work in an office called also (US) pencil pusher (Brit) pen pusher … Useful english dictionary
paper-pusher — n Bureaucratic office workers. My office is filled with paper pushers. 1960s … Historical dictionary of American slang
paper-pusher — noun N. Amer. informal a bureaucrat or menial clerical worker. Derivatives paper pushing noun & adjective … English new terms dictionary
paper-pusher — noun (C) someone whose job is doing unimportant office work … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
paper-pusher — pa′per push er n. Informal. 1) cvb inf a person who has a routine desk job 2) cvb inf bureaucrat … From formal English to slang