white-collar
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white-collar
- /ˌwaɪt ˈkɑlər/
Where it comes from
From the color of dress shirts worn by professional and clerical workers, as opposed to the rugged denim and chambray shirts normally worn by manual workers.
adjective more white-collar · most white-collar · whitecollar · white collar
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Of or pertaining to office work and workers.
This being a motion picture star is a real business. It's a job, and not always a white collar one, either.
Similar: black-coated
Translations
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adj of or pertaining to office work and workers
| 한국어 | 화이트칼라 hwaiteukalla |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ホワイトカラー howaito karā |
| 中文 | 白領 /白领 báilǐng |
| हिन्दी | सफ़ेदपोश safedpoś |
| Português | de/do colarinho branco |
| Français | col blanc |
| Русский | канцеля́рский kanceljárskij, конто́рский kontórskij, о́фисный ófisnyj, «чи́стый», «бе́лый воротничо́к» |
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