Pencil-pusher
noun, Informal.
1.
a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
noun
An office worker, esp a clerk, bookkeeper, or the like; desk jockey: The number of pencil pushers and typists has increased (1881+)
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