straw bossn. InformalA worker who acts as a boss or crew leader in addition to performing regular duties.
[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲
straw boss 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. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲