blue-collar
adjective
blue-col·lar
ˈblü-ˈkä-lər 
1
: of, relating to, or constituting the class of wage earners whose duties call for the wearing of work clothes or protective clothing compare white-collar
2
: having characteristics associated with blue-collar workers: such as
a
: having, showing, or appealing to unpretentious or unsophisticated tastes
a new blue-collar serial … woven around a minor-league baseball team—
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b
: dependable and hard-working rather than showy or spectacular
a blue-collar athlete
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Even many blue-collar workers are suspicious of the organizing efforts.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2024
The narrative goes that, in the first decades after World War II, Americans could provide for a family on a single, blue-collar income, buy a house, and send their kids to college.
—John Gustavsson, National Review, 11 May 2024
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Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2024
The narrative goes that, in the first decades after World War II, Americans could provide for a family on a single, blue-collar income, buy a house, and send their kids to college.
—John Gustavsson, National Review, 11 May 2024
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“Blue-collar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue-collar. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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