Meaning of blue-collar | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Working class; engaged or trained in essentially manual labor.
2. Pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Bargaining on this scale led the way for the NUR's successes in negotiating with the Big Four after 1921, and subsequently British Rail. Privatisation has put paid to much of that, but railway workers are still arguably the most powerful blue-collar workforce in Britain today.”

“Even as a tenured professor, she remained proud of her blue-collar values.”

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