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[ bloo -kol -er ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈbluˈkɒl ər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective 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.
Origin of blue-collar First recorded in 1945–50
Words nearby blue-collar blue chip, blue chip stock, bluecoat, blue cod, blue cohosh, blue-collar , blue comb, blue coral, blue crab, blue crane, Blue Cross and Blue Shield
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Example sentences from the Web for blue-collar “There are a lot of really hard-working, blue-collar people on this train,” she says.
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Louie encounters a blue-collar maintenance worker who tells him a joke about Pinocchio—incorrectly.
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The value of blue-collar expertise is accepted without question.
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Born and raised in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, he grew up in a blue-collar family.
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“It puts pressure on the white-collar worker rather than on the blue-collar worker,” he said.
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They have included highly qualified professionals and blue-collar workers, PhD.s.
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Four-fifths of all women working in industry were in blue-collar jobs.
Area Handbook for Bulgaria | Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
In industry, the proportion of women in blue-collar and white-collar jobs was about equal.
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The next level is made up of blue-collar industrial workers, who constitute the largest group in the society.
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British Dictionary definitions for blue-collar adjective of, relating to, or designating manual industrial workers a blue-collar union Compare white-collar, pink-collar
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Words related to blue-collar proletarian, middle-class, proletariat, working class, lower-class
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 The term is often associated with conservative values.
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