wage slave
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of wage slave
First recorded in 1885–90
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Just think, if only I had used that money to purchase Apple stock on the installment plan I'd be rich today instead of a wage slave.
From Slate • Mar. 18, 2011
With quiet poignance, with gay and gentle humor, with gradual but ultimately pulverizing irony, the director investigates the well-known social process that begins with a free soul and ends with a wage slave.
From Time Magazine Archive
As an ordinary wage slave, I find the drop in the nation's production no mystery.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its caveat, which any wage slave should ponder, is that you can be hurt by your bosses' strength or weakness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Any alternative to being a wage slave or a slave driver—or a slave owner.
From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham
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