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blue-col⋅lar

[bloo-kol-er]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to wage-earning workers who wear work clothes or other specialized clothing on the job, as mechanics, longshoremen, and miners. Compare white-collar.
–noun
2. a blue-collar worker.

Origin:
1945–50
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blue-collar

A descriptive term widely used for manual laborers, as opposed to white-collar for office workers.

Note: The term is often associated with conservative values.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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