blue-collar
adjective
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adj
Etymology: 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.
- Working class; engaged or trained in essentially manual labor.
“Blue-collar workers represent a diminishing segment of society.”
“The blue-collar, vulnerable McClane of Die Hard wouldn’t even recognize the bulletproof, catchphrase-spouting superhero he’s become in the sequels.”
- Pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers.
“Even as a tenured professor, she remained proud of her blue-collar values.”
noun
Etymology: 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.
- 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 outlying towns, you were likely to have a black mark against you in the first place.”