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Pink-collar

/pɪŋk ˈkɒlə/ · adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to employees in predominantly female service industries..

Example Sentences

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.
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.
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.

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What does pink-collar mean?

Pink-collar means Of or pertaining to employees in predominantly female service industries..

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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.

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