tissue

tissue
 n.— «They get hired when they’re pregnant just so they can get benefits and be put on a tissue (a job that’s more secure and less demanding than working behind the truck, like being a clerk).» —“A weeklong electronic journal of a sanitaton worker in training” by Robin Nagle Slate Oct. 5, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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