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Definition of blue-collar adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

blue-collar

adjective
 
/ˌbluː ˈkɒlə(r)/
 
/ˌbluː ˈkɑːlər/
 [only before noun]
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  1. connected with people who do physical work in industry
    • blue-collar workers/voters/votes
    compare pink-collar, white-collarTopics Businessc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBlue-collar is used with these nouns:
    • employee
    • employment
    • job
    • …
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