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Blue-collar   /blu-kˈɑlər/   Listen
adjective
blue-collar  adj.  
1.
Of or designating work or workers in industry not requiring well-groomed appearance. (Narrower terms: industrial). Antonym: white-collar.
2.
Of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers. (Narrower terms: lower-class, low-class)
Synonyms: propertyless, wage-earning, working-class.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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... heterogenous group. Our groups have included one engaged couple and one honeymooning couple who came straight from their wedding as well as couples old enough to be retired. They have included highly qualified professionals and blue-collar workers, PhD.s. and ...
— Marriage Enrichment Retreats - Story of a Quaker Project • David Mace


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