pink-handed adjective 1adverb 1forms 2 adjective1 •White-collar; working at a desk job as opposed to manual labor.I know the pink-handed types who get jobs like this interviewer's got, and I know what he's trying to do to me. — 1973 adverb1 •With clear evidence of guilt, red-handed.Several major ISPs have been caught red-handed (or perhaps pink-handed) making agreements with known spammers. — 2000 formsmore pink-handed · most pink-handed