black collar workers
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  1. n.
    people, usually affected, who wear black all the time. (Contrived. A play on white-collar and blue-collar workers.) : I hate to go over to the gallery. It's filled with black-collar workers. Reminds me of the Adams Family.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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