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Meaning of minimum-wager | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

One who earns minimum wage.

Examples

“But Stephen Bland Dolley, Jr., 31-year-old Gastonia lawyer, was a hot minimum-wager in 1959—and he is back. He wants a $1.”
“It’s quite possible us ole’ revenue producers may be very willing indeed to drop this ‘GAP” generation of trapped minimum-wagers and unskilled kids right onto the welfare rolls.”
“Yesterday’s lowly charwomen mopped floors, as do today’s cleaning ladies, janitors and minimum-wagers at McDonald’s.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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