piecard
English
Etymology
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Noun
piecard (plural piecards)
- (slang, derogatory) A union official who is on the side of the boss rather than that of the workers.
- 1989, Milt Felsen, The Anti-Warrior: A Memoir (page 133)
- "Piecards!" said Jackie. "They've become sell-out, fuckin' piecards. Corrupt bureaucrats."
- 1999, Mike Davis, Prisoners of the American Dream (page 267)
- Although crusty old piecards knew that Kirkland (whom A.H. Raskin apotheosized as 'a leader of supreme intelligence') was really an emperor without clothes, a discreet, bureaucratic silence froze the doubts and suspicions […]
- 1989, Milt Felsen, The Anti-Warrior: A Memoir (page 133)