pen pusher

Derek: He died the year before I was born, but my father had always said his father was a lowly official in a bank; a pen pusher.

That poindexter pen pusher, nerd-type character.

In Charlotte, N.C., four candidates in the Central High School election, disdaining the conventional office titles�president, vice president, secretary, treasurer�announced that they were running for "big boss, little boss, pen pusher and moneybags."

With the exception of Phil Chatterton, who was more of a special writer than reporter, Stillman was almost universally acknowledged to be the best informed pen pusher who made a specialty of dealing with the national game.

Some cautious pen pusher behind a desk, he thought chaotically.