Clerk
Officials
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Older Than Radio: In Nikolai Gogol's 1836 play The Inspector General ("The Government Inspector" in some translations) (and the Danny Kaye film adaptation), a clerk in Tsarist Russia exploits a group of corrupt, bumbling town officials when they mistake him for a government inspector.
Source: Mistaken for Special Guest
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