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jobsworth

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jobsworth [ˈdʒɒbzˌwɜːθ]
n
Informal a person in a position of minor authority who invokes the letter of the law in order to avoid any action requiring initiative, cooperation, etc.
[from it's more than my job's worth to …]
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jobsworth
n (inf pej) → Paragrafenreiter(in) m(f)
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Which sad PC jobsworth in head office decided that this ancient confection should be reduced to an androgynous shadow of its former self in order not to offend the female population, when in all reality no offence exists?
Takes the biscuit; Your Say by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Mason accuses Merseytravel of "hiding behind all kinds of jobsworth rules which are irrelevant" in failing to provide additional services on the Liverpool-Warrington number 6 bus route ("Improve bus links", November 2).
We're bound by law; LETTERS to the EDITOR by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
It's always nice to see a pretty face but that fades pretty quickly if she turns out to be a crabbit, unhelpful jobsworth who cares more about her lipstick than the passengers.
Do we need airheads? by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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