white-collar
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See also: whitecollar
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Etymology[edit]
From the colour of dress shirts worn by professional and clerical workers, as opposed to the rugged denim and chambray shirts normally worn by manual workers.
Adjective[edit]
white-collar (comparative more white-collar, superlative most white-collar)
- Of or pertaining to office work and workers; contrasted with blue-collar.
- Pertaining to the culture of white-collar workers, as values, politics, etc.; contrasted with blue-collar.
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Translations[edit]
of or pertaining to office work and workers
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