"wage-slave" meaning in All languages combined

See wage-slave on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: wage-slaves [present, singular, third-person], wage-slaving [participle, present], wage-slaved [participle, past], wage-slaved [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|wage-slaves|wage-slaving|wage-slaved|wage-slaved}} 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. Tags: informal, intransitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-wage-slave-en-verb-04SQk3nK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21
  2. (informal, intransitive, uncommon) To perform very unpleasant or drudging work for a wage. Tags: informal, intransitive, uncommon Related terms: wage slave (english: nominal form)
    Sense id: en-wage-slave-en-verb-EZiyUcbt

Inflected forms

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        "(informal, intransitive, uncommon) To perform very unpleasant or drudging work for a wage."
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