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cookie pusher en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (US, dated, slang) A waitress.
  2. (derogatory, slang) A diplomat, especially a member of the United States Foreign Service.
    • Early in 1951, Lovett told reporters: “He's no cookie pusher. He's a giant.” Francis Russell from public affairs, who chatted with him often, said he never mentioned McCarthy. 2009, Robert Beisner, Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War, page 311:
    • Our ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, a cookie pusher from Foggy Bottom, was called to Downing Street and read the well-known riot act by the prime minister for allowing such undiplomatic behavior […] 2012, Richard Marcinko, John Weisman, Detachment Bravo:

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