Usually means: Petty official with inflated self-importance.
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  1. jack-in-office: Merriam-Webster
  2. jack-in-office: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jack-in-office, jack-in-office: Collins English Dictionary
  4. jack-in-office: Wordnik
  5. jack-in-office: Wiktionary
  6. Jack-in-office: Dictionary.com
  7. jack-in-office: FreeDictionary.org
  8. jack-in-office: TheFreeDictionary.com

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noun:  (derogatory) A self-important but minor official.

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