wage-slave

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wage-slave (third-person singular simple present wage-slaves, present participle wage-slaving, simple past and past participle wage-slaved)

  1. (informal, intransitive, uncommon) To work for minimal wages while having little to no professional autonomy.
  2. (informal, intransitive, uncommon) To perform very unpleasant or drudging work for a wage.
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