blue-collar

adjective

blue-col·lar ˈblü-ˈkä-lər

: of, relating to, or constituting the class of wage earners whose duties call for the wearing of work clothes or protective clothing compare white-collar

: having characteristics associated with blue-collar workers: such as

: having, showing, or appealing to unpretentious or unsophisticated tastes

a new blue-collar serial … woven around a minor-league baseball team—

Steven Flax

: dependable and hard-working rather than showy or spectacular

a blue-collar athlete

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In short, the Democratic Party, once built around blue-collar workers, is now built around professionals with college degrees in the suburbs. —

Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024 Just as, college towns and inner cities offers more guarantees for Vice President Harris than heavily blue-collar and Hispanic communities. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 Brown is running as a blue-collar populist, sporting a gravelly voice and often wrinkled suit that emphasize his everyman bona fides. —

Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024 Joining Beverly Hills and Coronado in rebelling against state housing rules: this blue-collar city. —

Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for blue-collar