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Definition of blue_collar

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1. blue-collar [ a ] of or designating work or workers in occupations not requiring well-groomed appearance

Used in print:

(Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)

The motifs of impersonal interdependence and insulation of residential communities have polarized ; the schism between central_city and suburb , Negro and White , blue_collar and white_collar can be viewed_as symptomatic_of this deeper polarization of trends in the metropolis .

Synonyms blue-collar Related Terms white-collar industrial wage-earning manual unskilled

2. blue-collar [ a ] of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
Examples: "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw

Used in print:

([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)

The blue-collar worker thus knows his insurance package , for_example , costs $ 227.72 .

Synonyms blue-collar working-class wage-earning propertyless Related Terms lower-class

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