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pink slip
1noun
- notice of dismissal from one's job.
pink-slip
2[ pingk-slip ]
verb (used with object)
- to dismiss from a job:
He will be pink-slipped next month.
pink slip
noun
- informal.a notice of redundancy issued to an employee
Word History and Origins
Origin of pink slip1
Origin of pink slip2
Example Sentences
However, a flood of pink slips is old news to those in the health care industry, which has been plagued by job shortages since before the pandemic.
Eventually the ballots are carted to another chain-link cage that is labeled with a pink slip of paper that says “COMPLETE.”
The truth is that workers are going to get a pink slip and a sheet cake.
If not, the boss will just have to spell it out for him in a performance improvement plan or on a pink slip.
Smaller staffs mean those who were lucky enough to escape pink slips are being asked to do more.
He removed her beige Roger Vivier pumps and white lab coat to reveal a denuded ballerina-pink slip dress.
The four ‘Idol’ judges are reportedly getting the pink slip.
Some people might be getting that little pink slip in their in box.
I think South Carolina is better than that and will have a chance to prove as much next year by sending Wilson a pink slip.
Despite the pink slip, all the news for Kristol is not so grim.
Then the slot clicked and a glossy pink slip came rolling out.
One blustery December day the tailor arrived late, to find his friend fingering a pink slip of paper, of suggestive appearance.
Blue Bonnet handed the little pink slip of paper which had been enclosed in the letter, to her grandmother.
But, pardon, sir— The Spanish gentleman extended a pink slip.
I read to-day the little pink slip bearing the words as they came in.
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