pencil pusher

noun, Informal.
1.
a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
Also called pen pusher.
Origin
1880-85, Americanism
Slang definitions & phrases for pencil-pusher

pencil-pusher

noun

An office worker, esp a clerk, bookkeeper, or the like; desk jockey: The number of pencil pushers and typists has increased (1881+)