straw boss

The straw boss had no faith in her, having watched her sweating hard to fill her sack as quickly as the children, but she was highly and suddenly vocal in her determination.

Federal lawmakers such as Chaffetz clearly consider themselves straw bosses and chieftains — masters of all they survey from their vantage point on Capitol Hill.

“Break up that prayer meeting!” the white straw boss yelled.

The one name you will not find in that essay is Lance Armstrong, who was the straw boss of the team during Vaughters’s short time around the Tour.

He had not gone himself, but took a straw boss's job in the pipe mill.