Definitions

straw boss

NOUN

boss

Synonyms

WEAK

administrator big cheese big gun big person chief chieftain controller director dominator employer exec executive foreman foreperson forewoman head head honcho helmer honcho leader manager overseer owner person in charge superintendent supervisor taskmaster taskmistress taskperson top dog wheel

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The one name you will not find in that essay is Lance Armstrong, who was the straw boss of the team during Vaughters’s short time around the Tour.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2012

Last May he was upgraded from R & D to become the Pentagon straw boss for missiles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most officers become administrators, so you remove a useful working person and you make him another straw boss.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dunn will now be McNamara's straw boss in charge of some $1 billion worth of work and 40,000 military and civilian engineers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The straw boss had no faith in her, having watched her sweating hard to fill her sack as quickly as the children, but she was highly and suddenly vocal in her determination.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

straw boss

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