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scarlet-collar

scarlet-collar adjective: of or pertaining to female entrepreneurs in the Internet sex industry.

Adjective

scarlet-collar (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to female entrepreneurs in the Internet sex industry.
    • Given the relatively high pay, many 'scarlet collar workers' make an economically rational choice to enter the sex industry rather than to pursue more socially acceptable, but less remunerative, work.1995, Nadine Strossen, Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex and the Fight for Women's Rights, Scribner (1995), p. 190
    • The new 'Scarlet collar' worker is typically a 25 to 35-year-old former prostitute or lap dancer with young children and a desire to better her income while working from home.2000 August 13, Now, cybersex industry, in The Tribune, Chandigarh, India, The Tribune House (2000), editorial page

Origin of scarlet-collar

From the color traditionally associated with adultery, combined with the word collar in imitation of similar constructs such as blue-collar and white-collar.

Questions about scarlet-collar

What does scarlet-collar mean?
Scarlet-collar means of or pertaining to female entrepreneurs in the Internet sex industry.
What part of speech is scarlet-collar?
Scarlet-collar is an adjective.

Words near scarlet-collar in the dictionary

  1. scarlet-beans
  2. scarlet-bodied wasp moth
  3. scarlet-bodied wasp moths
  4. scarlet-browed tanager
  5. scarlet-browed tanagers
  6. scarlet-collar
  7. scarlet-like
  8. scarletberries
  9. scarletberry
  10. scarleted
  11. scarleteer

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