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adj
Of or pertaining to employees in predominantly female service industries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
of or relating to a class of jobs once traditionally filled by women
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
From pink + collar. By analogy with various constructions ending in the word 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.
Across languages
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