wage slave
noun
a person who works for a wage, especially with total and immediate dependency on the income derived from such labor.
wage slavery
-
a word derived from
wage slave.
Example Sentences
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You want to step out of the world of wage slavery, and set up a business of your own?
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2024
And writing as a vocation — despite keeping a diary — has to elbow its way past odd jobs, favors-that-end-up-paying, retail wage slavery and, for a short period, art.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2017
This would free millions from what can become "wage slavery," he said, and allow people to follow passions and creative urges.
From US News ● Feb. 2, 2016
He hailed The Jungle as the "Uncle Tom's Cabin of wage slavery."
From Time Magazine Archive
Much of the poetry of the past has sung the praises of wage slavery.
From The Literature of Ecstasy by Albert Mordell
