pink slip

noun
notice of dismissal from one's job.

Origin:
1910–15

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pink-slip

[pingk-slip]
verb (used with object), pink-slipped, pink-slip·ping.
to dismiss from a job: He will be pink-slipped next month.

Origin:
1950–55

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pink slip
 
n
informal (US) a notice of redundancy issued to an employee

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pink slip definition


  1. n.
    a piece of paper giving notice of dismissal from employment; any dismissal from employment. : I got a pink slip today. I guess I had it coming.
  2. tv.
    to dismiss someone from employment. (See also pink-slipped.) : They pink slipped the whole office force today.
  3. n.
    a learner's permit for driving an automobile. (In some U.S. states.) : You can't even drive in your own driveway without a pink slip.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
So these days, being fired often involves more than finding the dreaded pink
  slip in your pay envelope.
The writers do have an ideology to support, else they get the pink slip.
My family lived one pink slip, one bad diagnosis away from falling off the
  economic cliff.
There was always her with her lovely pregnant belly and her faith in me, and
  then there was me with my pink slip.
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