working class

workers as a class; esp., industrial or manual workers as a class; proletariat

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See working class in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
The socioeconomic class consisting of people who work for wages, especially low wages, including unskilled and semiskilled laborers and their families.

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  • workˈing-classˌ (wûrˈkĭng-klăsˌ) adjective

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