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wage slave
n. someone who feels compelled to work in return for wages in order to survive
Usage examples of "wage slave".
He assumed the self-centered, casually arrogant stance of a moderately highly placed corporate wage slave, and strode through the crowd.
I've seen what corp life is like for a wage slave like Juli, and I'd run too.
The hitcher shoved the last of the mystery burger into his mouth and, still chewing, headed for the door, leaving a mess of litter for some minimum-wage slave to clean up.
He lay the entire morning as if in a stupor, soaking up sun like a wage slave on the first day of a cut-rate Hawaiian vacation.