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wage slaves

wage slaves is the plural of wage slave.

Meaning of wage slave

Noun

wage slave (plural wage slaves)

  1. Someone who works for wages and has little to no professional autonomy.
    • The catch is that you have to be invested in order to gnaw on it. The superwealthy will do fine buying and selling things. But many wage slaves just don't have the cash.1997 August 4, Daniel Kadlec, “The Tax Bill: Money In Motion”, in CNN
  2. (informal) Someone who does very unpleasant or drudging work for a wage.

Questions about wage slaves

What is wage slaves the plural of?
Wage slaves is the plural of wage slave.

Words near wage slaves in the dictionary

  1. wage scales
  2. wage share
  3. wage shares
  4. wage slave
  5. wage slavery
  6. wage slaves
  7. wage stop
  8. wage stops
  9. wage theft
  10. wage thief
  11. wage thieves

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