blue-collar
of or relating to wage-earning workers who wear work clothes or other specialized clothing on the job, as mechanics, longshoremen, and miners.: Compare white-collar.
a blue-collar worker.
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How to use blue-collar in a sentence
GOP leaders refused; they saw that Duke was pulling blue-collar Democrats to the party.
My adopted home region of Southern California has seen an almost 14% drop in high-wage blue-collar jobs since 2007.
Legal but Still Poor: The Economic Consequences of Amnesty | Joel Kotkin | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd right now, working-class and blue-collar whites think the Democratic Party is just implacably against them.
Inside the Democrats’ Godawful Midterm Election Wipeout | Michael Tomasky | November 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“The post-90s generation wants office jobs, not blue collar work,” Sun explains.
These employ many in highly paid blue-collar fields, with average salaries of close to $100,000.
In the Future We'll All Be Renters: America's Disappearing Middle Class | Joel Kotkin | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He must have been six, in a black velveteen suit with a light-blue collar-he remembered that suit well!
The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. | John GalsworthyThen you've got your new Tussore with the blue collar and waistband.
Emily Fox-Seton | Frances Hodgson BurnettHe says he feels sorry for any one who has to wear a pink shirt with a blue collar.
Sailors' costume consists of a white shirt, with blue collar and cuffs, black handkerchief about the neck, and black tarpaulin.
Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants | James H. HeadIn industry, the proportion of women in blue-collar and white-collar jobs was about equal.
Area Handbook for Romania | Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
British Dictionary definitions for blue-collar
of, relating to, or designating manual industrial workers: a blue-collar union Compare white-collar, pink-collar
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Cultural definitions for blue-collar
A descriptive term widely used for manual laborers, as opposed to white-collar for office workers.
Notes for blue-collar
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