payroller

[ pey-roh-ler ]

noun

, Informal.

1. a wage earner, especially a government employee.

Word History and Origins

Origin of payroller¹

payroll + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Now serving Ghost Payroller number .

From Chicago Tribune

Dilworth charged that 67-year-old Barney Samuel, a city payroller since 1903, tolerated bookmaking even at City Hall.

From Time Magazine Archive