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☆ blue·-collar (-käl′ər)
adjective
designating or of industrial workers, esp. the semiskilled and unskilled
Etymology: from the traditional color of work shirts
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blue-collar Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- worker: Yet the people who score much higher on the stress indices are blue-collar workers.
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