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pink-collar
(redirected from Pink-collar worker)

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pink-col·lar (pnkklr)
adj.
Of or relating to a class of jobs, such as typist or telephone operator, once traditionally filled by women.

pink-collar
adj
(Sociology) of, relating to, or designating low-paid occupations traditionally associated with female workers Compare blue-collar, white-collar
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Adj.1.pink-collar - of or relating to a class of jobs once traditionally filled by women; "a pink-collar employee"
white-collar - of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers; "the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper"
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pink-collar
adj attrFrauen-; pink-collar jobstypische Frauenberufe pl


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Certainly Snow's situation is far removed from most of America's blue-, white- and pink-collar workers.
Whether those same on-the-job benefits apply to pink-collar workers, with low-paying clerical positions, remains unknown, she says.
 
 
 
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