pencil pusher in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for pencil pusher in the English»French Dictionary

pencil pusher N Am inf, pej

pencil pusher

gratte-papier m inv pej

Translations for pencil pusher in the French»English Dictionary

rond-de-cuir

pencil pusher Am

scribouillard (scribouillarde)

pencil pusher Am

scribe

pencil pusher Am

gratte-papier

pencil-pusher Am

Translations for pencil pusher in the English»French Dictionary

pusher [Brit ˈpʊʃə, Am ˈpʊʃər] N

1. pusher:

pusher, a. drug pusher inf

revendeur/-euse m/f de drogue

2. pusher (aircraft propeller):

pusher

hélice f propulsive

I.pencil [Brit ˈpɛns(ə)l, ˈpɛnsɪl, Am ˈpɛnsəl] N

pencil

crayon m

in pencil

au crayon

pencil drawing

dessin m au crayon

a pencil of light fig

un pinceau de lumière

II.pencil <pres part etc pencilling, pencilled Brit penciling, penciled Am> [Brit ˈpɛns(ə)l, ˈpɛnsɪl, Am ˈpɛnsəl] VB trans

pencil note:

pencil

écrire [qc] au crayon

pencil pusher in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pencil pusher in the French»English Dictionary

gratte-papier

pencil pusher Am

Translations for pencil pusher in the English»French Dictionary

pusher N pej

1. pusher (drug pusher):

pusher

dealer m

2. pusher (pushy person):

pusher

arriviste mf

I.pencil [ˈpentsəl] N

1. pencil (writing instrument):

pencil

crayon m

pencil drawing

dessin m au crayon

coloured pencil

crayon m de couleur

in pencil

au crayon

2. pencil (thin line):

pencil of light

trait m

pencil-thin

mince comme un fil

II.pencil <Brit -ll- [or Am -l-]> [ˈpentsəl] VB trans

pencil

écrire au crayon

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Certainly some bureaucracies are bloated, and certainly some pencil pushers get paid too much.

www.macleans.ca

I was the pencil pusher, doing a lot of research.

en.wikipedia.org

I wonder who pays the salaries of them pencil pushers... maybe they need a reminder.

www.kamloopsthisweek.com

However, the addition of one more well-greased pencil pusher is unlikely to make a real difference to the accounts of one of the world's largest employers.

www.independent.co.uk

More lunacy from a pencil pusher who's never sat in the seat of a mechanical tree harvester.

thechronicleherald.ca

But by this kind of pencil pusher calculation the resulting numbers are actually fairly low.

www.fastcoexist.com

Get what the services ie. the troops in the field need not what the pencil pushers and salesmen thing they need.

australianaviation.com.au

I was calling them pencil pushers.

www.macleans.ca

She's a pencil pusher interested in keeping her work options open for when she's booted out!

deadline.com

Stop asking a bunch of pencil pushers for permission and just get on with it.

www.odt.co.nz