Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
stratopause
stratosphere
stratospheric
stratovolcano
stratum
stratus
stravaig
straw
straw boss
straw buyer
straw color
straw-hat
straw man
straw mushroom
straw poll
straw vote
straw wine
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

straw boss

straw boss (plural straw boss·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
worker and assistant foreman: a worker who also supervises a small work crew, acting as an assistant to the foreman ( informal )

[< U.S. farms, where the second-in-command was formerly responsible for straw coming out of the thresher]
Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft