blue-collar
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blue-collar
Where it comes from
From blue + collar.
From the color of rugged denim and chambray work shirts often worn by manual workers, as opposed to the white dress shirts typically worn by professionals and clerical workers.
adjective more blue-collar · most blue-collar · bluecollar · blue collar
- Working class; engaged or trained in essentially manual labor. Blue-collar workers represent a diminishing segment of society.
- Pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers. Even as a tenured professor, she remained proud of her blue-collar values.
noun blue-collars · bluecollar · blue collar
- A blue-collar worker. In ways, these people defined what it was to be a really good lesbian or a really good dyke. For example: You needed to be articulate or aggressive […] You either needed to be a university or community college person, or a real sincere and hardworking blue collar. If you were from one of the outlyin
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adj working class
| 한국어 | 블루칼라 beullukalla |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ブルーカラー burū karā |
| 中文 | 藍領 /蓝领 lánlǐng |
| Deutsch | Arbeiterklasse |
| Русский | «си́ний воротничо́к» |
Talk about this word "blue-collar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/blue-collar. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. blue-collar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/blue-collar "blue-collar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/blue-collar.Cite this
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title = {blue-collar},
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