单词 | desk jockey |
释义 | > as lemmasdesk jockey desk jockey n. [ < desk n. + jockey n., after disc jockey n.] colloquial (originally U.S.) a person who works at a desk; an office worker, esp. one chiefly occupied with routine, unimportant administrative duties. ΚΠ 1943 Washington Post 22 Apr. b1/1 He said the farmers had been denied a few dollars and now we are proposing to give $300 apiece to a ‘bunch of desk jockeys’. 1968 K. H. Cooper Aerobics 38 This category catches all the do-nothings, the desk jockeys, the TV watchers, the over-eaters, the over-smokers. 2001 N.Y. Mag. 1 Oct. 28/1 Ganci was no desk jockey. His uniform shirt was crusted with medals for pulling people out of burning buildings. < as lemmas |
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