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white collar

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white-col⋅lar

[hwahyt-kol-er, wahyt-]
–adjective
1. belonging or pertaining to the ranks of office and professional workers whose jobs generally do not involve manual labor or the wearing of a uniform or work clothes.
–noun
2. a white-collar worker.
Compare blue-collar.


Origin:
1920–25
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