{n.} 1. The boss of a few workers who is himself under another boss or foreman. * /The straw boss told Jim he would have to see the foreman about a job./ 2, A man who works himself and also bosses a few other workers. * /Smith worked better than the other men, so the foreman made him straw boss, too./
STRAW BOSS
Meaning of STRAW BOSS in English
Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012