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blue-collar
adjective (pos=blue--collar, collar)
  1. Working class; engaged or trained in essentially manual labor.
Blue-collar workers represent a diminishing segment of society.
  1. Pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers.
Even as a tenured professor, she remained proud of her blue-collar values.
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    Etymology: 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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