pink-collar

[pingk-kol-er]

adjective

1. of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work.

   secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.

pink-collar

adjective

1. of, relating to, or designating low-paid occupations traditionally associated with female workers Compare blue-collar white-collar

Word History and Origins

Origin of pink-collar¹

1975–80; on the model of blue-collar and white-collar