strawboss

I remember that after we went back in the plant to work, why, they made this one guy a boss, strawboss — one of the guys that had sold us out.

Oral History Interview with Eula McGill, February 3, 1976. Interview G-0040-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) 1976

Many a time his plans were upset by the mistakes of some swivel-headed strawboss or incompetent foreman.

The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan W.B. Laughead

He led a team of indexers and referred to himself as a "sort of strawboss" for the Syntopicon.

City Journal 2009