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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One whose work involves much routine writing or paperwork.

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  • noun idiomatic, often derogatory One who does routine office work; someone involved mainly in paperwork.

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  • noun a clerk who does boring paperwork

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