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blue-collar
/ˌbluːˈkɒlər/ adjective [before noun] ECONOMICSDefinition
› relating to jobs that involve physical work, especially work that you do not need any special skills to be able to do: blue-collar jobs blue-collar workers → Compare white-collar
(Definition of blue-collar adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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