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blue-collar definition

☆ blue·-collar (-käl′ər)

adjective

designating or of industrial workers, esp. the semiskilled and unskilled

Etymology: from the traditional color of work shirts

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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