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noun
In the Soviet Union, an employee whose role was to use informal connections to make it possible for their enterprise to meet or manipulate the government-imposed targets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: pusher
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Russian толкать (tolkatʹ) Old East Slavic -ачь (-ačĭ) Russian -ач (-ač) Russian толкач (tolkač)bor. English tolkach Borrowed from Russian толкач (tolkač).
