pink-collar jobs

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• pink-collar — ˈpink ˌcollar adjective [only before a noun] HUMAN RESOURCES relating to or involving women in low paid office jobs: • women in pink collar, undervalued jobs compare blue collar, white collar * * * pink collar UK …   Financial and business terms

• pink-collar — adj pink collar jobs/workers/industries etc especially AmE low paid jobs done mainly by women, for example in offices and restaurants, or the women who do these jobs →↑white collar, ↑blue collar …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Pink-collar worker — A pink collar worker works in a job that is considered traditionally female (these traditions generally harking back to the first half of the twentieth century). The term is formed by an analogy to blue collar and white collar .The term… …   Wikipedia

• pink-collar — adjective of or relating to a class of jobs once traditionally filled by women a pink collar employee • Similar to: ↑white collar * * * adj chiefly US : traditionally held by women pink collar jobs compare ↑blue collar, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• pink-collar — American pink collar jobs are jobs that women usually do, often in offices and for little money. Most women returning to work after raising children, head for pink collar jobs in sales and service …   New idioms dictionary

• pink-collar — adjective pink collar jobs/workers/industries etc especially AmE low paid jobs done mainly by women, for example in offices and restaurants, or the women who do these jobs compare white­collar, blue­collar …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pink-collar — adjective relating to jobs that are traditionally considered women s jobs, for example secretaries, nurses, or SALESPEOPLE in stores ─ compare BLUE COLLAR, WHITE COLLAR …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pink-collar — adjective Of or pertaining to employees in predominately female service industries. Black men have tended to congregate in laborers<!appears as ′ jobs and certain service occupations, young workers in trade and such service enterprises as gas… …   Wiktionary

• pink-collar — adjective Date: 1975 of, relating to, or constituting a class of employees in occupations (as nursing and clerical jobs) traditionally held by women …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pink-col|lar — «PIHNGK KOL uhr», adjective. U.S. of or having to do with occupations in which women predominate: »Working women are still disproportionately herded into so called pink collar jobs teaching, clerical and retail sales work (Time) …   Useful english dictionary

• Collar workers — Groups of workers are sometimes referred to be the characteristics of their uniforms or clothing. Blue collar workers are so named because they tended to wear sturdy, inexpensive clothing that didn t show dirt easily, such as blue denim or… …   Wikipedia