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corporate nun en · NOUN
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(slang) A woman who dedicates her life to her job or career, especially at the expense of romance.
In those photos of her wandering around Capitol Hill to meet the senators, she looked unprepared. Not like a politician with a message to impart, but like a corporate lawyer in her cubicle. She looked like a corporate nun.
2008, Willie Brown, Basic Brown: My Life and our Times:The corporate nun turned from the elevator smiling at them helpfully.
2007, Michael Hollister, Salishan:Wendy was a sad creature, a corporate nun who dedicated her life to serving the Gazette. She had a permanently martyred air and no life outside the newsroom.
1998, Elaine Viets, Rubout:
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