Meaning of trousered class | Babel Free

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The social class of those who are educated and who perform skilled work for a living.

Examples

“From 1947 to 1956 the so-called freedom was simply confined to the trousered class, the capitalist class, the class who could ride in big limousines.”

“They are part of the 'trousered class', highly educated and westernized.”

“He joined the "trousered" class, which included "journalists, doctors, teachers, lawyers, clerks, ministers, managers, police, soldiers, students, and artists."”

“In one half, merchants, professionals, speculators and country gentry, wigged, stocked, breeched and buckled, hold a million post-mortems on the day's dealings. In the other, the trousered classes - artisans, skillmen, journeymen - argue the toss over ale and pie. The boundary is fluid, but the lines are clearly drawn.”

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