"pencil geek" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pencil geeks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pencil geek (plural pencil geeks)
  1. (slang) A bureaucrat; a pencil pusher. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-pencil_geek-en-noun-kpfKcWeK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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