straw boss
Example Sentences
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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 Literature
Federal lawmakers such as Chaffetz clearly consider themselves straw bosses and chieftains — masters of all they survey from their vantage point on Capitol Hill.
From Washington Post
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
He had not gone himself, but took a straw boss's job in the pipe mill.
From Project Gutenberg
And it is not less common to see a straw boss in a factory favor the man whom he thinks might grease the wheels for him on the outside.
From Project Gutenberg
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