chairwarmers

chairwarmers
n. officeholder or employee who accomplishes little; one who lounges for long periods sitting in a chair (as in a hotel lobby etc.)

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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  • chair|warm|er — «CHAIR WR muhr», noun. U.S. Slang. a person who wastes time at his desk and neglects his duties: »When jaunty Roy W. Johnson moved into the Pentagon…as boss of the new space program the veteran chairwarmers began to chuckle at his eagerness… …   Useful english dictionary

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