marzipan layer

noun

The stockbroking executives immediately below the partners in a firm.

Meanings

nounmarzipan layer (plural marzipan layers)

plural marzipan layers

  1. UKslangbusinessThe stockbroking executives immediately below the partners in a firm.
  2. broadlyAll those just below the highest echelon in any sphere.

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Origin

By analogy with the layer of marzipan below the icing on a Christmas cake.

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