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pink slip

1

noun

  1. notice of dismissal from one's job.


pink-slip

2

[ pingk-slip ]

verb (used with object)

, pink-slipped, pink-slip·ping.
  1. to dismiss from a job:

    He will be pink-slipped next month.

pink slip

noun

  1. informal.
    a notice of redundancy issued to an employee


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pink slip1

First recorded in 1910–15

Origin of pink slip2

First recorded in 1950–55

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Example Sentences

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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