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ankle-biter
noun- a petty, narrow-minded bureaucrat US
- Lieut. Gen Andrew J. Goodpaster, as West Point Superintendent, was described by James Faron in The New York Times in 1981 as “able to make the changes because he had enough prestige to ‘keep the ankle-biters away,’” according to an aide on the administrative staff. — The New York Times, p. 6–8, 12 December 1990
- Ankle biters take the joy and creativity out of computing. They are negative people who spend their workday hours in a deathwatch over new initiatives. — Computerworld, p. 39, 20 March 1995
- a child US, 1963
Also “knee biter”. Humorous, not particularly kind to children. - — Complete CB Slang Dictionary, 1976
- The rank and file have quite rightly pulled the plug on the airline dispute leaving Maureen and the ankle-biters stranded up the Gold Coast[.] — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 188, 1981
- I gotta catch up with my wife. The settlement. The final decree. The property. Our four little ankle-biters! — Joseph Wambaugh, Fugitive Nights, p. 27, 1990
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