swivel-chair job
n.— «Tebbetts subsequently went with the Braves as a vice president in 1959 and remained there in that capacity until September of 1961 when he stepped out of that swivel-chair job to return to the bench as Milwaukee manager.» —“Tebbetts to New Cleveland Post” by Hal Wood Western Kansas Press Oct. 6, 1962. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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