- blue-collar labor
- factory workers
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blue collar worker — {n. phr.} A manual laborer who is probably a labor union member. * /Because Jack s father is a blue collar worker, Jack was so anxious to become an intellectual./ Contrast: WHITE COLLAR WORKER … Dictionary of American idioms
blue collar worker — {n. phr.} A manual laborer who is probably a labor union member. * /Because Jack s father is a blue collar worker, Jack was so anxious to become an intellectual./ Contrast: WHITE COLLAR WORKER … Dictionary of American idioms
blue\ collar\ worker — n. phr. A manual laborer who is probably a labor union member. Because Jack s father is a blue collar worker, Jack was so anxious to become an intellectual. Contrast: white collar workers … Словарь американских идиом
blue collar worker — worker in lower paying manual labor professions (such as miner, construction worker, etc.), common laborer … English contemporary dictionary
blue-collar workers — workers in lower paying manual labor professions (such as miners, construction workers, etc.), common laborers … English contemporary dictionary
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blue-col|lar — «BLOO KOL uhr», adjective. of or having to do with industrial or factory work or workers, or with unskilled or skilled manual labor: »There has been a steady increase in the number of white collar workers relative to blue collar factory workers… … Useful english dictionary
