Pink-collar Definition
pĭnkkŏlər
adjective
Designating or of a job or work, as that of a secretary or salesclerk, for which women have been typically hired.
Webster's New World
Of or pertaining to employees in predominately female service industries.
Wiktionary
Origin of Pink-collar
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By analogy with various constructions in -collar, especially blue-collar, and from the traditional conception of pink as a feminine color (with blue its masculine counterpart), a conception perhaps magnified in this case by the sometime popularity of pink blouses among women in the service industry.
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