blue-collar

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Pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers

Even as a tenured professor, she remained proud of her blue-collar values.

Working class; engaged or trained in essentially manual labor

Blue-collar workers represent a diminishing segment of society.

of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers; "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G B Shaw
of or designating manual industrial work or workers
Blue-collar workers work in industry, doing physical work, rather than in offices. white-collar. blue-collar workers do physical work, rather than working in offices white-collar, pink-collar pink-collar
{s} word used to describe lower-level jobs (such as miners, construction workers, etc.)
blue-collar workers
workers in lower-paying manual labor professions (such as miners, construction workers, etc.), common laborers
blue collar worker
worker in lower-paying manual labor professions (such as miner, construction worker, etc.), common laborer
blue-collar

    Hyphenation

    blue-col·lar

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'blü-'kä-l&r ] (adjective.) 1946. From the color of rugged denim and chambray work shirts often worn by manual workers, as opposed to the white dress shirts typically worn by professionals and clerical workers.

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