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straw boss definition

☆ straw boss

  1. a person having subordinate authority, as a foreman's assistant
  2. a supervisor who has little or no authority to support his orders

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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