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white·-collar (-käl′ər)
adjective
☆ designating or of clerical or professional workers or others employed in work not essentially manual
Etymology: from the formerly typical white shirts worn by such workers
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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