ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pink-collar

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /pɪŋk ˈkɒlə/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Pink-collar is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to employees in predominantly female service industries.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to employees in predominantly female service industries.

Example Sentences

These days, girls and women of all ages are still reading them, particularly the blue collar or pink collar workers or wives of blue collar workers.
Good examples of employees under hidden stress are the nation's pink-collar workers. This group includes secretaries, clerks, data processors, telephone operators, and others.
Black men have tended to congregate in laborers' jobs and certain service occupations, young workers in trade and such service enterprises as gas stations (to a lesser extent also in laborers' jobs), and women in the so-called "pink collar" occupations in trade, the services, and clerical work in all industrial sectors.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include distaff, feminine, gynocentric, feminocentric, feminal, womanish.

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