blue-collar

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Editorial note

All came from blue-collar and welfare families, and none, at least at the time of their selection, had juvenile records.

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Quick take

A blue-collar worker.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

A blue-collar worker.

adjective

Working class; engaged or trained in essentially manual labor.

adjective

Pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for blue-collar.

noun

A blue-collar worker.

adjective

Working class; engaged or trained in essentially manual labor.

adjective

Pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers.

Example sentences

All came from blue-collar and welfare families, and none, at least at the time of their selection, had juvenile records.

I imagine displaced blue-collar workers are looking for jobs in areas quite a bit different from displaced college-educated white-collar workers.

Thus, in court, during the three weeks that it took to examine 465 potential jurors and pick a panel of 12, lawyers for the defense quietly favoured skilled blue-collar workers and white-collar workers without a lot of formal education -- nonprofessionals, although the sociologists and lawyers never used that term.

Due to the intricacies of the city's zoning laws and unfortunate politics, landlords are at a greater risk of receiving a zoning violation for leasing space to a tech company than they would be if they found a "blue-collar" tenant.