guinea pig director

English

guinea pig director (plural guinea pig directors)

(dated, colloquial) A company director (usually one holding a number of directorships) who serves merely or mainly for the fee (in England, often a guinea) paid for attendance.
- 1858 May 8, Herapath's Railway Journal, page 491:
  We wish all men were equally conscientious, and we should get rid of that useless animal, the guinea-pig Director—a greater abomination to good management than which does not exist.

单词	guinea pig director
释义	guinea pig director English Noun guinea pig director (plural guinea pig directors) (dated, colloquial) A company director (usually one holding a number of directorships) who serves merely or mainly for the fee (in England, often a guinea) paid for attendance. 1858 May 8, Herapath's Railway Journal, page 491: We wish all men were equally conscientious, and we should get rid of that useless animal, the guinea-pig Director—a greater abomination to good management than which does not exist.
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