piecard
English
editEtymology
editFrom pie + card, in reference to cards formerly issued by unions that entitled workers to free meals or accommodation.
Pronunciation
editAudio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
editpiecard (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 […]