wage slave

English

Noun

wage slave (plural wage slaves)

someone who works for wages and has little to no professional autonomy
- 14 June 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club: Weird Al’s UHF is uneven, but that just made it ahead of its time
  Yankovic stars as George Newman, a daydreaming wage slave whose overactive imagination keeps standing between him and a steady paycheck.
(informal) someone who does very unpleasant or drudging work for a wage

Synonyms

slave to the wage

Translations

one who works for wages

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